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Bush favored to win 1988 GOP nomination, lead Kennedy and Hart
A Detroit Free Press sourced national poll by Market Opinion Research shows George Bush likely to win the 1988 Republican nomination and defeat Edward Kennedy and Gary Hart in the general election. Results place Bush strongest in the South and West, with 58 percent of Republicans backing him for the nomination and 51 percent over Kennedy and 50 percent over Hart in the general. The poll sampled 1,500 voters with a margin under five points and was conducted Sept 17 to 25.
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