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Forbes, a political newcomer who has surged to a four-point lead over Dole according to yesterday's Concord Monitor poll, said he is saddened by Dole's attack ads but added that he would not be surprised if the "mudslinging" and "chicken little-ing" continued...
...time, questions surfaced about two of the candidate's top media advisers, Carter Wrenn and Tom Ellis, whose nonprofit group lost its tax-exempt status after failing to deliver on promises made to donors. Even as the scrutiny tightens, Forbes himself appears to be surging ahead. After a second poll in as many days showed Forbes ahead of Bob Dole in New Hampshire, TIME National Political correspondent Michael Duffy says it's conceivable that Forbes could actually make a credible run for the GOP nomination. "There's a breathtaking moment in every primary campaign, Democrat or Republican," Duffy says, "where...
Results of a poll conducted by the American Council on Education this month found that students' commitment to keeping up-to-date with political affairs dropped for a third straight year to an all-time low of 28.5 percent, compared with a high of nearly 58 percent...
Seventy-five percent of Americans oppose racial preferences and two-thirds want to "change" affirmative action programs, according to a 1995 Washington Post/ABC poll. U.S. News and World Report found that 51 percent of whites say equal rights have been pushed too far. Likewise, Littlejohn says a segment of the majority population still needs to be convinced of the "business case...
WASHINGTON: Depending on which poll you read, Steve Forbes has either taken the lead or fallen further behind Bob Dole in the New Hampshire primary race. A survey of 543 Republicans and independents (who can vote in New Hampshire's primary) by Washington's Pew research center has Forbes for the first time out front, with 29 percent of the vote, compared to 24 percent for Dole. But don't go popping corks at Forbes campaign headquarters just yet, says chief political correspondent Michael Kramer. "It's a flawed poll. Almost half of those polled were independents, who probably...