But this is a special election in the winter, with no Presidential or Senate race to draw voters out to the polls.

He said, however, that the mayoral race was likely to draw voters to the polls.

The high, 12.5 percent, came in 1993, when disagreements over distribution of condoms and teaching about homosexuality drew voters to the polls.

Lord Grimond tried, with some success, to draw voters to his centrist party.

So yesterday, they gave it their best in trying to mine support and draw voters to the polls.

He prides himself on many things, not least his reputation as a candidate who draws women and younger voters.

Mr. Buchanan's ability to draw such voters is a wild card in the race.

He has taken a different tack in trying to draw working-class voters.

The move was generally seen as intended to draw centrist voters away from the conservative parties in the 1993 elections.

And his assertion during the campaign that he would draw new voters into the party did not materialize significantly.