Word: polled
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...well worth it." The Americans didn't know that other Yeltsin aides were already reportedly aiding Lebed financially and logistically. "All we did advise," says Dresner, "is that if and when Lebed joined with Yeltsin, he not be given a government position until after the election was decided. Our polling showed that about 2% of voters would shy away from Yeltsin if that happened. On that point, we were ignored." Lebed won a startling 15% of the first-round vote, and in a dramatic move, Yeltsin almost immediately thereafter appointed him his national security adviser. According to an exit poll...
...lose. The Americans' insistence on the anticommunist message was pursued with a vengeance. At the end, Yeltsin's television advertising was almost exclusively a nonstop diet of past Soviet horrors. Lebed's law-and-order theme dovetailed nicely with the pre-existing Yeltsin emphasis on preserving stability. Several bogus poll predictions were put forth to make the race seem close and thus increase turnout. Everything clicked except for Yeltsin's health, which naturally was barely covered by the pro-Yeltsin media. The press resumed its criticism of the President following his victory last Wednesday, but until then the media...
...YORK CITY: After a month of presidential campaigning dominated by talk of tobacco and assault weapons, President Clinton has increased his lead over GOP challenger Bob Dole. According to the latest TIME/CNN poll taken July 10-11, Clinton leads Dole by a 53-38 margin, up from a six-point lead in June. The numbers are below Clinton's 22-point lead in May, but still represent Clinton's second largest lead since the poll began last July. Dole appears to have been hurt by comments that tobacco may not be addictive and his failure to support a federal...
...need a U.S. visa to govern Colombia. The revocation will not likely hurt Samper?s popularity at home, says Lopez, and could even strengthen his position. "A majority of Colombians don?t like the U.S. being a bully," she says. "Even if they think Samper is guilty -- a poll found 50 percent believe Samper might be guilty of something -- they do not think it is the business of the U.S. to punish him." -- Chris McKenna
...four years ago. TIME's James Carney notes Hillary has become at once one of her husband's best assets and one of his biggest liabilities. Although she virtually rescued the 1992 campaign by rallying staff and putting the campaign's best speech writer James Carville in charge, recent polls show Americans would rather have Hillary stay behind the scenes. An ABC News/Washington Post poll reported this month that 47 percent of those surveyed view the First Lady unfavorably. It's no wonder, considering Hillary is close to the center of just about every White House controversy to date: Whitewater...