Although rivals until polling day, both parties agree they must form a coalition government afterwards.
By polling day, parts of Vargas had already been cut off for several days.
No one is sure how much all this will be reflected on polling day.
Some, however, still doubt that the internet campaign will have an impact on polling day.
Yet, a hundred-odd days from polling day, three potential pitfalls still lie in Mr Sarkozy's way.
His rivals pulled out the day before the vote, turning polling day into a dangerous farce.
Despite the army's military dominance, there were three dozen deaths around polling day this year.
Before the election, they warned of a "VAT bombshell" which the Conservatives would explode after polling day.
The OSCE delegation said its unanimous conclusion was that polling day organisation was of the highest order.
Mr Salmond embarked on a tour taking in Linlithgow, Falkirk and Glasgow East, before polling day on Thursday.
As polling day draws near, popular stations are playing songs praising the virtues of patriotism and ethnic accommodation.
Between now and polling day, all the central government's policies and announcements will be geared to this election.
Even in the country's many restive regions, there was little violence during the campaign or on polling day.
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The second was that by polling day the economy replaced both wars as the paramount concern of most voters.
That could be tricky if the chavistas turn to violence on polling day.
The action begins in the spring of 2011 and goes on until the eve of polling day in 2012.
Yet none of this guarantees defeat for the oil companies on polling day.
But polling day is still two months away and many slips are possible.
It can be longer - Conservative former PM John Major called the 1997 general election eight weeks before polling day.
In 1997 Ruth Kelly campaigned for Bolton West, while heavily pregnant, and the baby was born 11 days after polling day.
With Plaid optimistic of success, Mr Wigley has even pledged to go on the wagon until polling day on May 6.
With just a few days to polling day, southwestern Ohio is not gripped with election fever - let alone Monica Lewinsky fever.
But as polling day nears, most ads 90%, by some guesses have turned negative.
Bagehot had expected the Conservatives' instinct for self-preservation to silence this internal conversation for at least the final few weeks before polling day.
If he can enthuse conservatives and persuade black Democrats either to switch sides or stay at home on polling day, he might, possibly, win.
He praised Mr Clegg as an "extraordinary and talented leader", adding that the coalition had to "last all the way through to polling day".
But the majority of Labour MPs seem to be miffed by this, coming just weeks before polling day and with the polls possibly tightening.
The danger raised by Mr Siniscalco's resignation is that, with their eyes fixed firmly on polling day, the spenders will get the upper hand.
The Social Democrats (SPD) enjoyed a comfortable lead over the incumbents in the run-up to the poll, but it evaporated as polling day approached.
He says it would be a mistake for the national leadership of either party to read too much into a victory on polling day.
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