Dole Catching Up With Clinton, Polls Find
Bob Dole clipped President Clinton’s lead to 4 percentage points in one national poll released Monday and 7 points in another as the Republican National Convention gave Dole big gains. Ross Perot remained far behind.
A third poll also found Dole getting a hefty convention bounce, moving within 12 points of Clinton, up from 30 points behind in a three-way matchup earlier this month.
ABC News’ sampling of 1,022 registered voters Thursday and Sunday found Clinton supported by 44%, Dole 40% and Perot 11%. That’s only a slight Clinton lead considering the survey’s error margin of plus or minus 3 1/2 percentage points. Dole had been 19 points behind two weeks ago.
A CNN-USA Today-Gallup survey Friday through Sunday of 1,006 registered voters (with a 3-point error margin) found Clinton with 48%, Dole with 41% and Perot with 7%. That race had been 52-30-12 in an Aug. 5-7 Gallup poll.
A CBS-New York Times poll Friday through Sunday of 856 registered voters (with a 3-point error margin) found Clinton with 49%, Dole 37% and Perot 8%, compared with a 58-28-10 split Aug. 3-5.
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