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Dole ties Clinton in Newsweek's latest poll
Survey suggests that convention boosted ratings
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — GOP presidential nominee Bob Dole is statistically tied with President Clinton in a
Newsweek poll conducted as the Republican National Convention came to a close.
Dole trails Clinton by only 2 percentage points — within the margin of error for the poll.
If the election were held today, Clinton would lead with 44 percent of the vote, Dole would receive 42 percent and the candidate nominated by Ross Perot's Reform Party would receive 3 percent, according to poll results.
A poll Newsweek conducted the
previous week had Dole trailing Clinton by 20 percentage points.
Newsweek said 933 registered voters were interviewed by Princeton Survey Research Associates for the latest poll — 465 of them on Thursday night, the day Dole accepted the GOP presidential nomination. The remaining 468 were interviewed Friday night. The overall margin or error was plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Fifty-six percent of those who watched Dole's acceptance speech
Thirty-five percent said what they saw or heard about the speech gave them a more favorable impression. Newsweek said 21 percent ended with aless favorable opinion.
said they now have a more favorable view of him, the magazine said.
"The Republican National Convention played an obvious role in heightening Dole's popularity," the magazine said. "Other factors which are helping Dole include his choice of Jack Kemp as his vice-presidential
running mate and Dole's tax cut proposal.
According to the poll, 32 percent of all registered voters were more likely to vote for Dole because of his choice of Kemp. Dole's tax-cut proposal would make 35 percent more likely to vote for him.
Newsweek said 74 percent of Americans see the economy as one of the most important issues that will help them decide whom to vote for next year. Seventy percent said crime was
one such issue, and 64 percent said the illegal drug problem would influence their decision.
In contrast, 33 percent said abortion was an important issue.
Kemp's changed positions on denying benefits to illegal aliens and ending racial preferences made 11 percent more likely to vote for Dole and Kemp. Twenty-eight percent said it made them less likely to vote for the Republicans, and 56 percent said it didn't make much of a difference.
Perot again will accept Reform Party's nomination
The Associated Press
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — Using the information-age tactics and anti-establishment message that attracted a strong following four years ago, Texas billionaire Ross Peret is embarking on a third-party bid for the presidency based on rallying voters fed up with the Republican and Democratic parties.
venue, CNN's Larry King Lives show.
Perot was flying to this historic community yesterday to accept the nomination of the Reform Party, which he won in a mail, telephone and internet poll. After addressing his supporters, Perot was reaching out to voters through a familiar
ment.
In his first bid, Perot spent nearly $60 million of his own money, most of it on television commercials in which he appeared with pointer and charts to argue that neither Republicans nor Democrats were acting effectively to balance the budget and reduce the size and power of govern-
The 19.7 million votes Perot received in 1992 qualified his new party for $30 million in federal campaign funds. But he has not decided whether to accept the money, which would limit him to spending $50,000 of his own funds.
Perot was the choice of a vice presidential candidate.
Another major decision facing
Perot received the nomination three days after the Republicans nominated Bob Dole for president.
Former Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm, who lost his bid for the endorsement of the party Perot founded and financed, said he was
committed to building a third party but wasn't sure he'd vote for Perot.
I'm going to sit on my back porch for a couple of weeks and really think about this," he told The Associated Press. While repeating his support for the Reform Party, Lamm said it has been "too much in the shadow of Ross Perot."
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