1. The three independents had requested briefings from Treasury and Finance ministry bureaucrats on confidential estimates of competing election pledges.
2. Abbott said on Thursday that his coalition has the best economic credentials to govern despite the figures released late Wednesday by the three independents.
3. A partisan divide is evident as 75 percent Democrats support the bill, but that number drops to 51 percent for Independents and just 32 percent for Republicans.
4. Obama led her by an even larger margin among independents, but he suffered from a falloff in turnout among young voters compared with Iowa.
5. Republicans backing Huntsman say he could attract independents who will be key to a general election campaign against Obama.
6. Interviews with voters as they left the polls showed that Kerry was doing better among women and independents than the incumbent.
7. Republicans and independents with a strong Republican leaning account for most of the 40 percent who say they approve of Bush's performance.
8. According to preliminary results of a survey of voters as they left their polling places, more independents cast ballots in the Democratic race than in the Republican contest.
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9. The reformist camp reportedly won 25 of the already decided seats, while the other eight seats went to independents.
10. The figures for all voters were roughly the same as the figures for independents.