It emerged that candidates he bankrolled had not fared significantly better than those left to fund themselves.

Today, both camps were enthusiastic about how their candidate fared.

In general, third-party presidential candidates fare better when they have something to rail against.

The rest, about a third in most states, will be distributed according to how the candidates fare statewide.

The committee is divided more or less according to how the candidates fared in the primaries.

At the county level, the Democratic candidate fared much better than the Republican candidate.

Others, if their candidates fare poorly, may find themselves jobless.

So how are the candidates faring in the literary battle for voters' hearts and minds?

When I asked how a nationalist candidate might fare with a vow to keep workers home, he looked confused.

I went to Queens to see how the candidate would fare.