Word: dukakises
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The Bush Campaign has pointed repeatedly to Dukakis' Harvard ties as evidence that the governor is so liberal as to be outside the American mainstream. The results of The Crimson poll seem to bear out this charge. Thirty-eight percent of Harvard undergraduates surveyed called them-selves liberals. About 44...
However, the poll suggested that freshmen do not grow significantly more liberal during their four years at Harvard. Slightly larger margins of freshmensupported both Dukakis and Bush than upperclassmendid, among whom undecidedvoters constituted a larger percentage.
Bush carried only non-resident Dudley House, bya whopping 64 to 18 percent margin, with 18percent undecided. Meanwhile, Dukakis and Bushbattled to virtual ties in Eliot and KirklandHouses. Dukakis won most handily in Dunster andQuincy Houses by more than 5 to 1 margins, withthe other houses favoring the Democrat by...
Registered voters are also significantly morelikely to choose Dukakis than Bush, the surveyshowed. Among the 79 percent of the sample who areregistered, Dukakis led 72 percent to 25 percentfor Bush.
The notorious gender gap reproduced itself atHarvard. The Democratic combination of Dukakis andSen. Lloyd Bentsen (D-Tex.) won the allegiance of74 percent of Harvard women, with 23 percentfavoring Bush. Among men, Dukakis led 67 percentto 30.