81.   In several battleground states, like Texas, Clinton is trailing Dole amongst males but stands to win because of his high female support.

82.   In interview after interview in battleground states, even people who said they are interested enough to vote admitted they were not enthralled with Bush or Gore.

83.   In the battleground states, like Missouri and Ohio, he is running strongly.

84.   In the final lap of the campaign, Dole had hoped to concentrate on battleground states of the Midwest.

85.   In this classic battleground state, Dole and President Clinton are executing a time-tested battle plan.

86.   In tone and theme, they are virtually identical to the ones they were running in battleground states during the last week of the election.

87.   In such battleground states as Florida, Illinois and Michigan, election officials said the demand for absentee ballots was at an all-time high.

88.   In the race for president, battleground states are those where each party thinks it has a chance to win, most politicians agree.

89.   Instead, the parties have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into a narrow band of battleground states, buying up all available air time in places like Michigan.

90.   Interviews with voters in several battleground states shed some light on the conflicts some feel as they try to decide.