Word: dakota
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Dole should poll well in this week's South Dakota primary and Minnesota caucuses if his Midwestern "one of us" theme plays as well as it did in Iowa. But last week Bush halted his efforts in the South Dakota contest, making any Dole victory there somewhat hollow. The caucus format in Minnesota favors the highly motivated, so the Robertson forces may make a strong showing there...
With 93 percent of the South Dakota vote counted, Gephardt had 45 percent, followed by Dukakis at 30 percent. Trailing were Sen. Albert Gore Jr. '69 (D.-Tenn.) at 8 percent, Gary Hart at 6 percent, Jackson at 5 percent and Simon at 5 percent...
Gephardt, who came in first in Iowa's precinct caucuses, concentrated his efforts on South Dakota. His Minnesota supporters expected a third-place showing at best...
Gephardt ran advertisements in South Dakota asserting that Dukakis knew nothing of agriculture, recalling Dukakis' suggestion in Iowa a year ago that farmers should turn to products such as Belgian endive and blueberries. Dukakis countered with an ad saying that "while Dick Gephardt has been publicly promising to fight for you, he's taking political action committee money from corporate insiders and Washington lobbyists...
...holding their primaries yesterday, South Dakota and Minnesota Democrats were bucking the national party to hold their contests earlier than party rules allowed...