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...polls can measure, the race has been tightening considerably since mid-June, when Clinton was running a poor third. A TIME poll conducted last week showed a virtual three-way tie; Clinton actually was first at 28%, vs. 26% each for Bush and Perot, though the difference is statistically insignificant. The Arkansan hopes to make further gains by presenting a picture of a united, moderate party at the convention in New York City. Last week he picked up the endorsement of onetime chief rival Paul Tsongas, who earlier had ensured that there will be no noisy platform fight by refusing...
...think I'm being given a chance in effect to start again. Under the circumstances, after all I've been through, to be in what is a functional three-way dead heat is not all that bad. I'll take that...
...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's presence gives moderates and independents a refuge short of voting Democratic...
...quintet riding the new-wave crest, but the death of guitarist Ricky Wilson and the recent resignation of vocalist Cindy Wilson have dwindled the group to a trio. Still, as their seventh album, Good Stuff, demonstrates, their talent has by no means diminished. What were once "rapid-fire three-way vocals," as singer Kate Pierson calls them, are now back-and-forth dialogues between Pierson and Fred Schneider. Familiar motifs abound: hot pants, UFOs and mother earth. The music on the album is just as colorful as its cover design, with lyrics full of sex and in-your-face politics...
...Clinton. Andrew Kohut, who ran the poll, thinks that result "underscores the difficulty of judging how much of Perot's standing is really support for Perot rather than a yearning for a nonpolitical alternative." In another experiment, Kohut found that Perot fell from first place to second in a three-way test when the questionnaire omitted a preliminary item comparing only Bush and Clinton. When confronted solely with choosing among the trio, some voters apparently move from Perot to "undecided." When opinion is in as mercurial a phase as it is now, small changes in polling methods affect results...