Word: polled
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...case, such an endeavor would not suit the national mood. According to a recent TIME/CNN poll, 73% of U.S. adults think the country should further reduce its involvement in world politics to concentrate on problems at home. Americans are more ignorant of foreign events than citizens in other advanced countries; the amount of foreign news in television and newspapers is dropping. Most Americans believe that spending on foreign aid constitutes 15% to 25% of the federal budget--they would consider 5% acceptable--when aid actually amounts to less than 1% of the budget (compared with 18% for defense...
...circumstances, the willingness of Algerians to risk their life voting last week was even more amazing than the government's ability to bring off the election without disastrous violence. Many voted as they had for three decades of one-party rule--mechanically and without conviction. Others saw the poll as a fresh start: "I don't care if the F.I.S. is excluded," said Farid Harssani, 38, a printshop worker. "This is the first time we've had more than one candidate to vote for." Above all other considerations, Algerians voted in the desperate belief that their gesture might somehow stem...
Florida's presidential straw poll--the last and most closely watched of a series of informal ballots--selected no delegates to next summer's G.O.P. convention. But Bob Dole, who said he had to win to maintain momentum as the Republican frontrunner, did just that. Phil Gramm managed second, with Lamar Alexander close behind...
...that Dole's most serious potential challengers will stay out of his way, leaving a gaggle of GOP hopefuls to fight it out among themselves. Kramer says that it's now up to Phil Gramm and Lamar Alexander, who finished second and third respectively in Saturday's Florida straw poll, to challenge Dole. Says Kramer: "Alexander did very well in Florida by organizing well and spending a tremendous amount of money. But he faces real problems in New Hampshire and Iowa. I look for it to be a two-man race between Dole and Gramm after the early primaries...
Alan Keyes was the big surprise in Florida's Republican straw poll on Saturday, taking 266 votes, or 8 percent of the vote, nearly as much support as fellow anti-abortion candidate Pat Buchanan drew. GOP frontrunner Bob Dole won the heat with 1,104 votes, or 33 percent of the vote to Phil Gramm's 26 percent second place showing (869 votes). Lamar Alexander, who garnered a respectable 749 votes, or 22 percent, was quick to claim he's gaining on Dole. Keyes, an African American radio personality and former Reagan Administration official, impressed many delegates with his fiery...