1.   A preconvention poll by the same group had the two candidates virtually tied among those two groups.

2.   In June, she and Lazio were tied among those voters.

3.   Only Oregon does not play one of the other three teams tied among the leaders in the conference, and only USC plays two of the other teams.

4.   Polls over the weekend show the two men tied among likely primary voters.

5.   Such actions reflect a practical acknowledgement that closer ties among minority groups are crucial to the future of the civil rights movement.

6.   The poll indicates the two are tied among independent voters and Protestants.

7.   The two candidates were virtually tied among both groups at the start of the week in the Voter.com-Battleground poll.

8.   The two were virtually tied among both groups at the start of the week in the Voter.com-Battleground poll.

9.   The two were tied among Latinos and Jews, groups where Democrats usually lead.

10.   A September poll had them tied among women.