Word: polling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bradley's fundraising success has yet to translate into greater support from voters. Nationwide, Gore leads among Democrats by a three-to-one margin according to the latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll...
...Local polls, though, tell a different story. In a University of Massachusetts poll released this week, Bradley trails Gore by only three percentage points among Bay State voters. The poll gave Gore 38 percent of the Massachusetts vote compared to Bradley's 35 percent, with 10 percent of respondents still undecided...
...turnout at Tuesday night's fundraiser seemed to support the local poll's surprising numbers. Bradley's staff said the event raised more money than they had expected...
Before long, the 2000 question dogged Bush everywhere he went. "He'd get on an elevator," says Hughes, "and people would say, 'I hope I can call you President someday, Governor.' Every week there would be another poll. And Danish TV would turn up in Beaumont. It just built and built." The buzz became a distraction, so Bush called a press conference in October to explain, in a parse-this-if-you-dare statement, that he had not made up his mind. Said Bush: "It is not in the best interests of Texas for me to say right now that...
...proposals designed to prevent kids from watching their favorite stars threatened with grisly deaths. Many politicians are hoping that by reining in violent imagery, they can prevent future Columbines--or at least convince constituents that they are trying to. Americans seem receptive: 64% of the respondents in a TIME/CNN poll said they favor legislation to restrict teenagers' access to violent and sexually explicit entertainment...