Word: polls
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...random poll of 15,000 people across the nation, conducted earlier this month, Dukakis recieved a 22 percent favorability rating. Fourteen percent had favorered Biden, said Jim D. Murphy, the head of Cambridge Reports, a national public opinion research center that did the poll for a local television station...
Dukakis is practically even in the poll with Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.), who has a 23 percent favorable rating. The only candidate with a higher figure is the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who received a 33 percent favorable rating. But Jackson also had the highest unfavorable rating of 57 percent...
...Dukakis has a bit of an edge now, but it's too early to put in to the terms of a horse race," Murphy said. Another poll of the Democratic candidates is planned for early December...
Robertson's ability to draw new, enthusiastic workers into dreary political scut work was most evident at the meeting in Ames, a fund-raising dinner that featured a straw poll for those who bought $25 tickets and had an Iowa driver's license. The Bush campaign, along with those of Bob Dole and Jack Kemp, went all out to pack the arena with supporters. But even before the first candidate spoke, it was obvious that Robertson's forces had pulled off a coup. Dressed in white T shirts and hats emblazoned with their champion's name, they clearly outnumbered...
...nomination. Even Paul Weyrich, a conservative strategist with whom he is ideologically compatible, thinks the most Robertson can achieve is a "realistic shot at determining the outcome" by controlling a pivotal delegate bloc. Robertson runs poorly in national surveys, fifth out of six candidates in a September TIME poll...