IF YOU LIKE CAMPAIGN ADS, MIDWEST IS THE PLACE.(MAIN)

Byline: Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Voters in the Midwest have seen more presidential campaign ads than their counterparts elsewhere in the country, underscoring the importance of that highly contested region to the White House fortunes of George W. Bush and Al Gore, a new poll says.

Seven-in-10 Midwest voters have seen commercials for Republican Bush and Democrat Gore, the most among any section of the …