Word: wisconsin
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MILWAUKEE--Mass. Gov. Michael S. Dukakis scored a convincing victory in the Wisconsin primary last night, cutting the Rev. Jesse Jackson's momentum in the Democratic presidential race and reaching for control in the struggle for the nomination...
With returns in from 57 percent of Wisconsin's precincts, the Massachusetts governor had won 311,160 votes or 47 percent, Jackson had 197,795 votes or 30 percent, Gore 109,384 or 17 percent and Simon 31,389 or 5 percent...
Dukakis also celebrated a narrow victory over Jackson in the Colorado caucuses, which were marked by a slow and controversial count. Together, Wisconsin and Colorado added to his slender lead in the competition for delegates to the Democratic National Convention...
...since Wisconsin has a very small Black population, Jackson's main voting base, a strong showing would add credence to his claim that he is capable of drawing support from all voters...
Some Republican voters are expected tocrossover and vote for Jackson under Wisconsin'sopen primary system in an attempt to undermine theDemocratic effort in November, Goldman said. Thesabotage effort is premised on the belief thatJackson is too left-wing to win a nationalelection, he said...