The state-by-state analysis shows that Mr. Gore is most potent along the coasts, while Mr. Bush has an inland foundation in the South and mountain states.

Those committees are big enough that they contribute to more than a few candidates but not big enough to have their own staffs to produce state-by-state political analyses.

In his state-by-state analysis, Mr. Miringoff found that three indicators in particular - child poverty, high school completion and health insurance - were bellwethers of overall social health.

Across the country, 3.9 million men and women of all races are disenfranchised, said the report, the first state-by-state analysis of disenfranchisement.

Such comments, particularly criticisms of the decision to put out the state-by-state analysis, anger President Clinton's top economic policy advisers.

The state-by-state analysis, conducted by professors at Harvard, covered tax payments and receipts of federal money in the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, 1998.

To many economists, the state-by-state analysis of a well-documented national trend provides new reason for alarm about the erosion of the middle class in America.

THE National Sporting Goods Association has released its Sports Participation Index, a state-by-state analysis of participation in 33 sports, from aerobics to water-skiing.

"A state-by-state analysis of the certificate of need statutes, regulations, case law, and key state health department personnel".

Using a state-by-state analysis of first names, FairTest reported that 63 percent of this year's semifinalists are boys and 31 percent are girls.