The Nation - News from Nov. 18, 1985
Vice President George Bush overwhelmed his potential opponents for the 1988 Republican Party presidential nomination in a poll just released. Pollsters from Arthur J. Finkelstein & Associates interviewed 1,005 Republicans in early November and results were released in the Nov. 25 issue of Newsweek. Bush was tabbed by 44.3% of those interviewed as their choice for the Republican nomination in 1988. Former Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr. of Tennessee was a distant second at 9.5%. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas was next at 9.2%, and New York Rep. Jack Kemp won the approval of 7.6% of those surveyed.
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