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...Forbes himself cannily used the proposal to forge a much stronger alloy out of the angry, disaffected core of Republicans and independents, of voters who hate politics, hate politicians, hate the media and hate political media most of all. In essence he has taken up the banner of the Perot rebellion, but with a more upscale, libertarian theme. "The flat tax is symbolic," argues Brian Kennedy, state chairman of the Iowa G.O.P. "It's not so much that they're hooked into the proposal, as the end of the tax system. The way they see it, that's special interests...
...seen him on TV; now I wanted to meet him in person," says Sharp. "He's got some interesting ideas. I don't know whether he can transform them into action. People are taking a hard look at him now. Someone in my precinct said he's the Ross Perot within the Republican Party...
...Forbes energizes me." The next-biggest pool of new support for Forbes is among such people as Warren Snyder, a Suffolk, Virginia, phone-company worker who was undecided last fall. "I'm really against the people in Washington. I think Forbes might be refreshing," says Snyder, who voted for Perot...
...those for Dole. Asked whether the government should promote one set of moral values over another, 54% of Forbes voters say no. Among Dole voters, a 51% majority says yes. Forbes also runs stronger than Dole among men, the wealthy, the college-educated, voters who chose Perot in '92, people who do not own guns and citizens who think big government has become a menace...
...billionaire Ross Perot used his tremendous wealth to fund a serious campaign for the presidency. Malcolm "Steve" Forbes, Jr. is the latest super-rich prodigy to capture the attention of American voters. Polls show the magazine fortune heir leading former frontrunner Senator Bob Dole in New Hampshire, the site of the first Republican primary...