March '95 Dole was beating Clinton 52-44, generic poll 40% Clinton 53% someone else

[WI_DEM]

Polls this early out are meaningless (though most show Obama leading the GOP pack)

DOLE OVER CLINTON; CLINTON OVER GRAMM - In head-to head match-ups, the poll
>finds Dole would best Clinton 52% to 44% among all registered voters, while
>the President would beat Gramm by 48% to 41%. The difference is less due to
>Clinton's support (which changes only 4 points between the two races) than it
>is to relative play between the Republican candidate and the undecided. In
>the case of the Clinton/Dole race, the don't know is only 3%, but in the
>Clinton/Gramm contest it is 11%. This no doubt partially reflects the higher
>name recognition enjoyed by Dole relative to Gramm. Even among Republicans,
>who Dole carries 96% to 4% over the President, 10% are undecided in Gramm's
>case with 12% defecting to the President and 78% backing Gramm. Dole wins 40%
>of moderates while Gramm gets only 28%.
>
> Among all voters, Clinton's generic reelect remains dismal, with 40%
>inclined to vote him in again and 53% tilting or definitely planning a vote
>against him. This is, again, little changed from the 37%/48% ratio measured
>in late January.


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[ClarkUSA]

1. I wonder why Democrats didn't just give up? The outlook must have seemed so BLEAK...

:sarcasm:

[GeorgeGist]

2. Note to clueless ...

it's 2011.