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...half anyway. He balked at direct mail, for instance. You mean, he said, the kind of junk I throw away? Perot also recoiled at the idea of polling. That's what ordinary candidates do, he said; I don't need it. Despite that opposition, Rollins took on a pollster and labeled the effort "market research...
...would have pushed regional balance, foreign-policy experience and aged wisdom. The fact is, the only problem Clinton had to avoid was a post-selection examination that could find his No. 2 wanting. With Gore, the chances for such a disaster are minimized. He is, as the ticket's pollster says, a "prudent" choice. Having run for President himself four years ago, Gore comes to the '92 race pre-scrutinized. He could turn people off (he can bore and appear obsequious, and sanctimony is often his stock in trade), but Al Gore will not embarrass...
...third of Americans would vote against antiabortion politicians "regardless of the candidate's position on other issues." But less than a quarter of the - electorate would vote against a proabortion-rights candidate solely because of that stance. Some of Bush's advisers dismiss these figures as misleading. His pollster, Fred Steeper, argues that nearly all voters who will cast their ballots only on the abortion issue made up their minds long ago. In this group, the liberals' edge amounts "only to a percentage point or two," Steeper says. But in a three-way race, every point is critical. Furthermore, Perot...
...become so frequent a bulletin that the Texas billionaire's image has changed from interesting maverick to serious presidential contender. If Ross Perot does endure as a major force into autumn, one large reason will be the opinion surveys of spring, despite their notorious fragility during this period. Says pollster Peter Hart: "More than any other person I can think of in American politics, Perot has been aided and abetted by the polls...
...women, Clinton will perhaps take more of a leading role in the fight for abortion rights, which he backs but for which he has in the past let others fight. "Tactically," said Harrison Hickman, a Democratic pollster, "you want to focus on getting those people out to vote. Strategically, you have to take a leaf from Perot's book by establishing your leadership credentials...