1.   And both candidates split evenly Catholic and independent votes, which otherwise could have been decisive.

2.   Five other lesser-known candidates split the remaining vote.

3.   Forget about the popular fantasy that some third-party candidate will split the anti-Clinton vote.

4.   Four other candidates split the remaining vote.

5.   Or he could benefit, should the entire field remain intact and the black candidates split the black vote.

6.   Polltakers say that Perot backers now tend to be more Republican than Democratic and that a third-party candidate well might split the Republican vote.

7.   The candidates split independent and moderate votes.

8.   The candidates are splitting support from centrist voters.

9.   The nominee may well win if the two opposition party candidates split the anti-PRI vote next summer.