Word: caucus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Strategists at several "second-tier" campaigns claim that most media polls are limited and misleading. The surveys are targeted toward "likely" voters or caucus-goers--an unscientific designation based on party affiliation and previous voting history. According to Diane Weiland, press secretary to Rev. Jesse Jackson's campaign, "A lot of people are new and will not have voted before and therefore won't show up on traditional polls." Jackson considers registering new voters an important objective in his campaign...
Katie Boyle, deputy press secretary for the Dole campaign, admits that their latest in-house poll shows as little as a 3 percent difference between the two candidates--although most Iowa polls show Dole to be enjoying a wide margin of support over Bush. Media polls in caucus states, she says, "should all be taken with a grain of salt. They don't measure organization. Smart campaigns don't pay much attention to them...
Blandon was in Washington last week to deliver fresh charges against his former boss. Republican Senator Alfonse D'Amato of New York, co-chairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, met with Blandon for three hours. D'Amato said afterward that Noriega had apparently used the / Panamanian military to found a "total criminal empire probably as large as any that may exist in the world." According to the Senator, Noriega's activities ranged "from drug running, protection, money laundering and arms trafficking to the illegal sale of passports." D'Amato quickly secured U.S. Marshals Service protection for Blandon...
Gephardt, once rightly proud of his status as a key Washington insider, has become the Democrat most determined to play the populist card. In speeches and commercials, he has designed the finale of his Iowa caucus campaign around a furious attack on "corporate America." In one recent speech, Gephardt castigated the "Establishment" in 21 different allusions with a common thread: "The Establishment is separated from the consequences of its own opinions." His tough stance on foreign trade appeals to a nativist streak that is an undercurrent of populism. Bruce Babbitt's best applause comes when he denounces corporate executives...
FOOTNOTE: *Taken by telephone Jan. 3-7. Nationwide, 1,804 adults were interviewed, including 571 likely Democratic voters and 424 likely Republican voters. A separate Iowa survey of 1,783 adults included 497 likely Democratic caucus participants and 394 likely Republican attendees. All findings were based on likely voters and likely caucus participants. Potential sampling errors are shown in charts...