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There doesn’t seem to be much doubt that, from the vantage point of a week or so before the election, the Democratic ticket appears to hold a strong, if not decisive, lead in every public opinion poll that has been released. Those include surveys by Democrats, Republicans, and independent political pulse takers.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gerald L. Baliles, as this is written, has outscored Republican Wyatt B. Durrette, on the average, by a surprising dozen or more percentage points. Even more surprisingly, Democratic lieutenant governor candidate L. Douglas Wilder is maintaining a substantial six to seven point lead over Republican John H. Chichester while Democratic attorney general candidate Mary Sue Terry eryoys about the same advantage over
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