Word: dukakises
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Vice President George Bush brandished a newspaper headline calling the Massachusetts budget "a mess" yesterday, as he returned to the offense in the race for the White House. Democratic nominee and underdog Michael S. Dukakis said his Republican rival was "slipping and we're surging" into the homestretch.
Still, the IOP survey revealed huge gender and minority gaps between the two candidates. Among women, 78 percent chose Dukakis, compared to 18 percent for Bush. The margin between the two candidates was much closer for men, with the governor leading 65 percent to 31 percent.
Dukakis also won 84 percent of the Black vote, to the vice president's 9 percent.
Bush enjoyed his greatest success among voters who had spent the least time at Harvard. Among freshmen, he lost to Dukakis 65 percent to 31 percent. The sophomore, junior and senior classes' support for Dukakis ranged from 70 to 73 percent while backing for Bush ranged from 23 to 25...
Dukakis won 12 out of the 13 undergraduate houses, with his largest margin in Adams House, 89 percent to 8 percent. Bush's lone victory took place at Eliot House, where hecarried the house 50 to 45 percent.