He believes that white ethnic voters, ordinarily suspicious of lakefront liberals like himself, will rally to his candidacy, rather than support a black.

That, they warned, could produce a polarized election in which white voters rally to Mr. Cuomo.

Time to create a new political party that voters can rally around.

Most politicians expect black voters to rally overwhelmingly behind a black candidate.

Ms. Guerrero says Hispanic voters will rally to her because she has been treated unfairly.

At the last minute, voters may rally around the ruling party candidate if they think that Mr. Kim would otherwise be elected.

But unless voters rally to him in unexpectedly large numbers, it won't be easy to translate that mandate into new momentum for economic and constitutional reform.

Key to defining wedge issues and practicing message discipline are the selection of terms that low-information voters will rally around.

But instead of being intimidated, anxious voters rallied around Mr. Lee, giving him an overwhelming victory.

Most black voters are rallying around Mr. Nagin, expressing hurt over the scorn now aimed at him by former white supporters.