Only those candidates who show strength early on, they say, will attract enough money to survive.

With presidential candidates already attracted to children's issues, this could be the season to seize the moment.

He argued that the candidates, if judged on their merits, should have attracted a much larger turnout.

No official tally is kept of the overall vote, making it impossible to say which candidate attracted the greatest support.

Its seven candidates only attracted a few thousand first preference votes.

Anyway, a lowly master's candidate had attracted the personal ire of a senior senator.

Aside from a few snide items in the gossip columns, the candidates have not attracted much attention.

For the first time a black Presidential candidate attracted significant numbers of whites to his cause.

Never mind that the caucuses do not even demonstrate how many votes each candidate actually attracts on caucus night.

To win, a candidate must attract 85% of the votes.