CLINTON'S LEAD OVER DOLE SHRINKING, 2 POLLS FIND.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. President Clinton continues to lead Republican rival Bob Dole by at least 10 points, although Clinton's support may have decreased slightly, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. two new tracking polls. An ABC News
ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. Its current president is David Westin. tracking poll released Friday indicated Clinton may have slipped slightly from earlier this week in his re-election bid, while Dole is at the 40 percent mark. A Gallup tracking poll conducted on the same two nights, Wednesday and Thursday, found a similar level of support for Clinton as in the ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. survey, but possibly marginally less for Dole. Both polls were conducted partly before and partly after Clinton and Dole clashed Wednesday night in their second debate. In the ABC poll of 834 likely voters, 50 percent said they would vote for Clinton if the election were today, 40 percent for Dole and 6 percent for Ross Perot H. Ross Perot (born June 27, 1930) is an American businessman from Texas, who is best known for seeking the office of President of the United States in 1992 and 1996. Perot founded Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in 1962 and later sold the company to General Motors and founded Perot . Clinton peaked in recent ABC tracking at 55-38-4 in polling Sunday and Monday. The CNN-USA Today-Gallup survey of 743 likely voters had the race at 51-36-8. The Gallup poll Gallup Poll Noun a sampling of the views of a representative cross section of the population, usually used to forecast voting [after G H Gallup, statistician] Gallup poll n → had indicated possible narrowing of the race earlier this week, from 57-34-4 on Oct. 10-11 to 48-39-5 in Monday-Tuesday sampling. Both tracking polls used rolling averages of results from two nightly national samples and carried a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. ``Changes from any two-day rolling average to another could represent the start of a long-term trend, a temporary blip in the campaign or even a statistical variation unrelated to the race,'' said ABC's polling director, Jeff Alderman. He noted that even a 10-point Clinton lead would likely result in an electoral vote landslide. Meanwhile, a CBS News CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. Its current president is Sean McManus who is also head of CBS Sports. Current productions Current television shows
Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. found Clinton leading Dole slightly, 49 percent to 43 percent, in that state with 14 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. The survey of 802 registered voters Sunday through Wednesday had a 4-point error margin. And in Arizona, a statewide poll indicated Clinton continues to lead Dole in the usually Republican state with 8 electoral votes, although many likely voters are undecided. The survey by the independent Behavior Research Center in Phoenix found Clinton with 44 percent, Dole with 36 percent, other candidates with 5 percent and 15 percent undecided. The poll of 1,036 likely voters conducted Thursday, the day after the final televised debate, had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. |
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