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Article: Dukakis' Black Support Lags Mondale's; August Poll Indicates Problems for Party
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- The Washington Post
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- October 21, 1988
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A new poll of black Americans points to some potential problems
for the Democratic Party.
The poll, taken in August and released yesterday by the Joint
Center for Political Studies, shows that blacks generally expressed
less support for Democratic nominee Michael S. Dukakis than they did
at the same time four years ago for Walter F. Mondale. It also
reveals that an increasing number of younger blacks say they identify
with the Republican Party.
Democrats have come to rely on overwhelming support from blacks,
an edge that proved especially potent in 1986 when Democrats regained
a majority of seats in the Senate.
The Joint Center's poll, conducted by the Gallup organization, is
not ...