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Tuesday, November 3, 1992
CAMPAIGN'92
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
CLINTON EXTENDS LEAD
NEW POLLS SHOW BURS FALLS BACK In a CNN/USA Today poll last week, George Bush and Bill Clinton were in a dead heat. Both candidates responded by going on the attack in their last campaign stops. Now the latest poll shows Clinton has stabilized his lead. ⇧
International students voice opinions
GALLUP poll for CNN/USA Today Sundav. Nov. 1
Dan Schauer / KANSAN
U.S. Election Day has worldwide influence
By Kristi Fogler
Kansan staff writer
Only U.S. citizens are allowed to vote in the presidential election today, but they are not the only ones concerned with its outcome. International KU students also are following this year's election. Here is what some international KU students had to say about the campaign and election.
Source: Associated Press
- Sory Sangare, Conakry, Guinea, sophimore, said Guinea, which currently is governed by a military regime, had not held elections since 1984.
"In Guinea, I think people would be even more wrapped up in the election," he said. "Americans don't realize the advantage they have. They have the right to vote and to have their opinion."
"I think that it's kind of disappointing that character does play a big part, but real issues need to be talked about."
thought the campaign was more about character than issues. He said that not only were U.S candidates more open and accessible than British candidates, but they were also greater mudslingers. He said that in his homeland, Bush would win.
Christopher Jones, Llanelli,
Wales, junior, said that he also
"I think Bush would go down quite well because of his foreign policy," he said. "Britain is a very conservative country. Clinton's image is a bit too polished. Perot would be an ambiguous factor."
would have been in Germany. He said that Perot would not be accepted in Germany because he was an independent.
Quirky trends point toward Republicans
Lambro Bourodimos, Baden-
Baden, Germany, graduate student,
said that during the debates the candida-
dates were more polite than they
"In German politics, you have established political parties, and you can only advance through the party. Perot financing himself is very unusual."
■ For Joost VanRens, Nijmegen, Netherlands, freshman, negative campaigning was a new experience, he said. The upcoming election received more attention in the United States than it would in Holland, he said.
By Stacy Morford Kansan staff writer
The Dow is rising, hemlines are falling and an American League team won the World Series — all superstitions point to a Republican election. But two states that have picked the winning candidate in every election but one since 1920 show the Democrats in the lead.
Only in 1976, when Jimmy Carter beat Gerald Ford, were Illinois and New Mexico voters wrong.
According to American Enterprise Magazine, in eight of the past 10 elections,the following have occurred:
When hemlines rose and miniskirts were in fashion, a Democrat was elected president. When hemlines were at about the same mark, or fell to the floor, a Republican moved into the Oval Office.
Two weeks ago, the Toronto Blue Jays, an American League team, won the World Series four games to two.
Local retailers said hemilines were going in both directions this year—short skirts are getting shorter, and long skirts are getting longer. Could this be a good sign for independent candidate Ross Perot?
"We don't have that many debates," he said.
- When the National League won the World Series, a Democratic election followed. When the American
League won the World Series, four years of a Republican White House were in the country's future.
■ When the Dow Jones Industrial Average, an indicator of U.S. investors' confidence in the economy, rose between January and October in an election year, the incumbent president returned to office.
Steve Edmonds, stock broker with Piper, Jaffrey and Hawpry, said the Dow had shown an upward trend by rising about 70 points this year.
By Terence Hunt The Associated Press
Masses get muddle, not mandate, this year
WASHINGTON — Bill Clinton or George Bush is likely to claim a mandate for action tonight, but in reality there probably won't be a clear mandate at all.
"This election may produce more of a muddle than a mandate," said Larry Sahato, a University of Virginia political scientist.
ANALYSIS
With Texas billionaire Ross Perot siphoning votes from Democrats and Republicans alike, neither Clinton nor nor Bush is expected to win 50
percent of the popular vote.
In fact, the two losers probably will draw more votes together than the winner.
"The voters are not speaking clearly or with one voice," Sabato said. "The voters want the economy fixed, but how? A plurality will say one way but the majority will have chosen other ways. Good luck."
The reason politicians want a mandate—and claim it regardless of the vote—is that they want legitimacy to advance their priorities.
The best hope for Bush or Clinton is a big victory in the Electoral College in which the winner nails down 35 or 40 states even without a majority of a popular vote. That would give a measure of legitimacy to an agenda for action.
It's good political capital, a handy weapon to throw at Congress if it balks.
Trom Cronin, a political scientist at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colo., said that if Clinton wins — as the polls suggest — the most he can claim is "a mandate with a small 'm.'"
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