Word: polled
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...nothing new. On the newsgroup harvard.general last year, after former Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 made his decision to randomize the housing lottery for first-years, there were more than 100 posted messages about randomization--most of them on the pro-choice (in housing) side. A poll by the Undergraduate Council showed more than 80 percent of students against randomization. And ever since, in every indictment of the College administration, the issue of randomization is invariably included...
Kentucky began the season ranked first in the Associated Press poll, were favored to win last night by a double-digit margin...
...about, of all people, Ralph Nader. The sometimes loopily ascetic consumer crusader, who plans to run for the presidency as the candidate of the Green Party, told TIME he has been approached by several worried Democratic bigwigs, including members of Congress and their staff members. Reason: the latest Field Poll in California shows Nader drawing 6% of the vote, which in a tight race might deprive Clinton of a victory in that must-win state. Says Bill Press, the state's former Democratic Party chairman: "Historically, elections are won in California by three to five percentage points, so [Nader] could...
...country." Along with Weicker and Perot, other potential third- party candidates include consumer-advocate Ralph Nader and conservative commentator Pat Buchanan. Nader, who is expected to win the Green party's nomination in Tuesday's California primary, could hurt President Clinton's reelection bid. A Los Angeles Times poll last week showed Nader drawing five percentage points from Clinton in California, a state vital to his campaign. On the other hand, a Buchanan run in November could siphon votes from GOP nominee Bob Dole. Buchanan has said he might run if Dole does not embrace some of his conservative stances...
...hopes in 1988. "The first time I came up empty. The last time I came up short. This time I'm coming up full," Dole told The Associated Press. As the GOP field has winnowed, Dole has cut into Clinton's lead. According to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll Dole has cut Clinton's lead from 17 points to nine...