Word: polled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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EXETER, N.H.--While his opponents sparred in the Iowa cornfields, Republican presidential candidate and Sen. Richard M. Lugar (R-Ind.) toured two New Hampshire cities Saturday afternoon in the hopes of bolstering his low poll numbers here...
...there it was: Steve Forbes, blanketing the airwaves in Arizona, beguiling crowds in Iowa three times the size of Dole's, leading by nine points in a poll of New Hampshire voters. The survey had its flaws: it was conducted well before Bob Dole had uncaged his more ferocious ads. Some wise elders insisted that Dole would rebound and Forbes would slide; but others said no, the whole race is up for grabs now, Dole may lose New Hampshire and drop out, Phil Gramm may surge, the campaign may crack wide open and go all the way to California (only...
...things get much worse for his campaign, Dole will start waving his wizened arm like a magic wand, frantically trying to capture the delegates he needs to win in San Diego. He will tell and retell the story of how his right arm was paralyzed. If his poll numbers continue to slip, he will begin adding tasteless details about shrapnel fragments, and finally, he will start choking into tears as he recounts the tale of his sacrifice...
Forsgard, who referred to the poll as a vote, will make the final decision with her husband, Eliot House co-master Stephen A. Mitchell...
...that we have five days to go. We have, in the old cliche, a long way to go and a short time to get there." For Pat Buchanan, the Bayou victory was especially sweet, since it comes on the heels of his win in the Alaska straw poll, lending a new patina of credibility to his candidacy. "This win will help Buchanan expand his already solid base among religious conservatives in Iowa and New Hampshire," notes Birnbaum...