The Nation - News from March 16, 1987

Democrat Gary Hart and Republican George Bush are the front-running presidential hopefuls in a poll of Southerners a year before the “Super Tuesday” primaries. Among the potential Democratic voters polled, 56% said they would consider voting for Hart, the former senator from Colorado, while 18% said no. Of the Republican voters, 69% said they would consider voting for Bush, with 24% against the vice president. The poll of 5,523 potential voters in 12 Southern or border states was conducted for two Atlanta newspapers. Fifteen states, most in the South, have set their primaries for March 8, 1988. South Carolina Democrats will pick convention delegates in caucuses that week.