That is as old a challenge to the politician as the art itself, and not easily cast aside.

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Cast a wide net: these days you can just as easily work for a company around the globe as one around the corner.

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Almost half the votes in Texas are cast in the Dallas and Houston metropolitan areas, and Republican presidential candidates carried these regions easily all through the 1990s.

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It was easily the largest number to vote in a Democratic primary in South Carolina and exceeded by 100, 000 the number cast in the South Carolina GOP primary on Jan. 19.

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