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Hillary Clinton

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8. Yup. Dukakis polled well (+17 pts.) after the '88 convention, and lost the election by 8.

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 02:54 AM

Mar 2016

You guessed it. Another Tad Devine debacle. They went to work on Dukakis after he accepted the nomination, and the rest is history.

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I realized why Bernie polls higher than Hillary in the GE polls [View all] 72DejaVu Mar 2016 OP

+1,000,000 Dawson Leery Mar 2016 #1

That and Bernie had been subject to minimal scrutiny Trenzalore Mar 2016 #2

Republicans won't just swiftboat him. Basic LA Mar 2016 #4

The Republicans would put him praising Fidel on a 24/7 loop OKNancy Mar 2016 #5

or the other thing (one of many things) DemonGoddess Mar 2016 #6

Very true. book_worm Mar 2016 #9

GE polls are meaningful only if the election is held today SharonClark Mar 2016 #10