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.
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.
The second was that by polling day the economy replaced both wars as the paramount concern of most voters.
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.
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.
Ahead of polling day, Eastleigh Council told the BBC it had issued 14, 276 postal votes and that 9, 485, or 66.4%, had been returned by Tuesday.
The basic deal of parliamentary democracy is, or used to be, that on polling day voters make an overall choice among the packages on offer.
Ahead of polling day, the only earmarked job was his own.
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He wonders whether future plans to slash defence spending or to axe child-benefit payments for more affluent families will be carried out, as polling day nears.
It is estimated that 7.2 million people have already cast early ballots, and that about 35% of the electorate will have already voted by polling day.
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