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Article: Bush holds early lead over GOP hopefuls
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 16, 1986
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PRINCETON, N.J. With the 1988 presidential campaign ready to
begin in earnest, Vice President George Bush holds a large early lead
for the Republican nomination.
In a just-completed Gallup Poll, Bush receives 57 percent of
Republicans' and Republican-leaning independents' combined first- and
second-place nomination votes. He has been the nomination choice of
a majority of potential GOP voters in each of five Gallup nomination
tests conducted this year and last.
Some of the runners-up, however, exhibit pockets of comparative
strength that, while insufficient to put them into strong current
contention with Bush, may represent areas of opportunity as the
campaign progresses.
The most ...