1.   After all the talk about Democratic crossover voters, McCain was hurt by the small size of the Democratic turnout.

2.   But Carole Frakes of suburban Woodland Hills, a Republican who voted for McCain on Tuesday, said the open primary lets crossover voters sabotage the opposing party.

3.   Checchi is betting on change, and Republican and independent crossover voters.

4.   Gore needs a big Democratic homecoming, since vice presidents running to keep their parties in power have a hard time attracting crossover voters.

5.   In an effort to attract such crossover voters, Checchi did not mention party affiliation in his ads until recently.

6.   Not surprisingly, McCain appeals again and again to potential crossover voters.

7.   Recent independent polls show Gore and Bush with large leads in the state, but McCain has been moving up, particularly among independents and crossover Democratic voters.

8.   The absence of a Democratic primary this year could boost participation by crossover voters in the GOP contest.

9.   The state Republican Party has a huge operation dedicated to identifying the crossover voters, sending them mail and urging them to the polls.

10.   There have been previous years with no Democratic primary, but never one in which a Republican candidate had exhibited such widespread appeal to crossover voters.