The state's 14 Democratic delegates will be chosen at the state party convention in April. The state's two senators and one House member are Democrats, but North Dakota has not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. Neither Mr. Gore nor Mr. Bradley has had any significant organization here. No statewide polls have been conducted on the race, but Mr. Gore is expected to dominate the delegate selection. Mr. Bush won the Republican caucuses on Feb. 29 with 76 percent of the vote, taking all 19 delegates.
Voters can cast ballots in either primary, after enrolling in a party at the polls.
Mr. McCain has high hopes for Ohio, the third largest state voting on March 7. Independents and Democrats are free to vote in the Republican primary. Similar rules led to his victory in Michigan on Feb. 22. Mr. McCain has run a substantial amount of advertising on television. His stops in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati last weekend received considerable coverage in newspapers and on television news shows.