Word: favor
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Unable to command the Mormon vote directly--both candidates are Mormon, and the church almost never makes open political endorsements--Wilson supporters have stressed Hatch's active national involvement and have energetically harped on the senator's apparent neglect of Utah in favor of the national stage...
THAT THE RACE is still too close to call may actually prove that the voters like Emery-Reagan economic because almost every other issue in the campaign has worked in favor of Mitchell The acid rain problem is a case in point Maine's tourist economy is heavily dependent upon sport fishing, and the poisoning of many of the state takes by acid rain has driven away both the fish and the out of staters who came to catch them Mitchell scored points when he addressed this concern by sponsoring an acid rain bill and pushing it through the environment...
...freeze, which he ardently supports Maine's legislature, following the example set by 81 town meetings in the state, endorsed the freeze by voice vote last year. Moreover, a recent informal survey by the Maine Sunday Telegram found that more than 70 percent of the people in the state favor a freeze. Emery, on the other hand, is the only member of Congress from New England opposing a freeze...
...Moffett's strategy has had mixed results. Some liberal groups, like the National Organization for Women, have endorsed both candidates. Others, such as the AFL-CIO, are supporting neither. The Democrat clearly has favor with Blacks and students, two of Connecticut's significant constituent groups. But at the same time, he cannot risk placing himself too much to Weicker's left. A former disciple of consumer advocate Ralph Nader, Moffett has had problems in the past with his own party's bosses, and, against a surprisingly well-funded Weicker, he needs all the support...
Early polls showed close to 70 percent of the voters favoring restoration of capital punishment but a recent survey by WNEV-TV and Cambridge Reports, Inc shows a smaller gap with 55 percent in favor of the amendment 39 percent opposed and 6 percent undecided...