But with three days to go there are reports that local supporters have changed their minds.
Mr Farage spent the day in Great Yarmouth meeting local supporters.
In recent weeks, Greenpeace and its local supporters managed to embarrass the government of Papua New Guinea by climbing a crane to stop a shipment of timber.
The MPs concerned mobilised hundreds and hundreds of local supporters who then were in the middle of their communities, and we were able to build a movement that resisted the national swing.
He said he was "very grateful, delighted and honoured" that the Lib Dems had stood aside and were urging their local supporters to help and vote for him - but he stressed he was "most of all independent".
When a counter-demonstration under the name of United People of Luton led to arrests, local football supporters decided something should be done.
Yale University researcher Anthony Leiserowitz, who worked on the poll, said he was not surprised local tea party supporters might challenge a monopoly.
It refused to shortlist a local Labour councillor and provoked an unprecedented walkout by supporters of a local Rotherham councillor who had been seen as the favourite to become the candidate.
Local radio reported the supporters were dispersed with tear gas when they attempted to enter the polling place.
And when pamphlets against enlargement were circulated by Freedom Party supporters in local elections in Upper Austria, she ordered them to be pulped.
Mutuals are seen to serve the interests of the communities where they are based, whether as employers or as supporters of local social or environmental schemes.
Financial institutions, particularly those with retail branches, were strong supporters of local community and economic development programs, since such efforts could visibly benefit customers and staff.
They expect none of the problems experienced when the local Cardiff City fans clash with visiting supporters last year.
Amsterdam's acting mayor Lodewijk van Asscher told local television there was a threat that supporters of Ajax - the city's team - wanted to fight English fans.
Discussions have been under way for the last four weeks led by two local businessmen, who are both avid supporters of the League One club.
The eclectic interior illustrates the collaborative effort between Mason and her creative supporters, who headed to local salvage yards to source the wood and tin used to build the space.
The local press is awash with rumours that supporters of Mr Mbeki, led by the defence minister, Mosiuoa Lekota, may leave to form a new party to contest next year's election.
Last month, Staffordshire's county council incurred the wrath of HS2 supporters by organising a conference for local residents and business people.
While applauding the sale of local produce in stores, farmers' market supporters say the main point is for farmers to sell freshly harvested goods directly to shoppers, which they say is more profitable than using stores and distributors as middlemen.
But their supporters are disproportionately old, and recent local-election results suggest their numbers are dwindling.
Bedfordshire Police said an argument broke out between Kidderminster fans on a coach and "local residents", not believed to be Luton supporters.
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They will replace existing police authorities - which had been regarded by some supporters of this change as unresponsive to local communities.
Five days later, Amir Biki, a local Muslim activist, led about 1, 500 supporters on a march to the police station to free the four detainees.
In Milwaukee, the model city for vouchers, where a group of mainly poor black mothers convinced the city's Democratic establishment to experiment, supporters of school choice took over the local school board.
He told The Evening Standard he wanted to see Mr Miliband as prime minister "the sooner the better" and would encourage his supporters to vote Labour in the forthcoming local elections where there is no Respect candidate.
With another season in the third tier of English football now confirmed, many of the Grecians supporters will be eagerly anticipating renewing the local derby with neighbours Plymouth Argyle, who were relegated from the Championship last month.
Through surgeries and other local contacts they attend to local grievances, and not only to those raised by supporters of their own parties.
Both supporters and opponents view the elections to the local synods in the Church's 718 deaneries in spring 2014 as the next key date.
And supporters say that using Bay Bucks promotes the local economy.
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