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Campaigns look to polls to help decide last-minute stops, ad buys.(The Orlando Sentinel)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service

| November 01, 2004 | Shaw, Gwyneth K. | COPYRIGHT 2004 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Gwyneth K. Shaw

WASHINGTON _ President Bush will barnstorm through seven crucial states Monday and then spend the night at his Texas ranch.

Sen. John Kerry will start the day in Orlando before swinging across the country in a final push for votes, spending Election Day eve in Wisconsin.

With the countdown to the election measured in hours, both campaigns are using numbers to calibrate their stops and last-minute advertising buys.

They are poring over polls and reading the tea leaves to solve the puzzle of the Electoral College _ an equation that ultimately decides who gets to live in the White House for the next four years.

National polls show the presidential race in a deadlock, but it is the states still considered tossups _ Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin _ where the race will be won or lost.

A candidate must ...

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