In 2003, Hollis launched an exploratory campaign for governor but never filed his papers even though he claimed that his early polling was encouraging.

While there is no evidence in early polling that Mr. Alexander's organizational efforts have paid off, other campaigns are watching closely.

In a hard (and bitterly) fought campaign, early polling showed Nixon winning by a significant margin.

Such early polling is useful in what it says about voter attitudes toward Mr. Giuliani and the city he runs.

Mr. Clinton, who led in early polling, lost ground after the release of a letter that suggested he tried to avoid the draft.

That conflict was apparent in the early polling.

In early polling the three candidates were within 12 points of each other, with Davis in last.

Throughout early polling, Deeds and McDonnell started the race off tied.

There was a maximum deployment of over 1100 during the early polling, as well as a minimum strength of under 200 after June 1993.

The race was considered a toss up, with both candidates statistically tied in early polling.