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Dukakis slips in home state
Recent problems in Massachusetts help Bush gain momentum
The Associated Press
BOSTON — Less than two years after he won re-election in an historic landslide, Michael Dukakis finds himself in an embarrassing position at home with a new poll showing him even with George Bush in Massachusetts and widespread unhappiness with his recent performance as governor.
Since securing the Democratic presidential nomination, Dukakis also has been a frequent target of protests and complaints on issues ranging from crime in the city of Boston to his plans to locate a prison in a rural central Massachusetts town.
While aides to the Democratic presidential nominee scoffed at the poll results and predicted Dukakis' chances of winning chusets, political observers from both parties were nearly unanimous in blaming Dukakis'slide on a recent spate of problems and protests that have led to a handling of a state budget crisis.
These much-publicized "bumps" included repeated outliers from internet groups and legislators, mostly Republicans, related to the 1983 budget that balances the 1988 and 1989 state budgets by canceling more than $500 million in planned program expansions and trimming state aid to cities from Darnell. These actions also supported several closely focused tax measures.
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Ironically, the presidential poll, showing Dakakis and Bush each with 42 percent support among Massachusetts voters, was published yesterday when the Republican nominee was campaigning behind enemy lines in Massachusetts and Dakikas was on the West Coast.
"I can't believe it — in Massachusetts" a pleased Bush responDED when shown the headline on the story in The Boston Herald, which commis-
The telephone survey of 400 likely voters was conducted Wednesday by KRC Research and a margin of error of 5 percent. Fifteen percent of the respondents said they were undecided.
"He has been under intense pressure to balance his responsibilities as governor and candidate at a time when Michael has run into some real bumps on the Massachusetts road," said Goldman.
Democratic political consultant Michael Goldman, reflecting a consensus among political observers in both parties, said the reasons behind the poll numbers "are really very simple.
Dakaiks has spent six days in the last three weeks touring different regions of the state and was met by administrators at virtually every stop.
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