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would win, but that Coleman’s heavy media campaign still gave him an outside chance of pulling it out.
The Mason-Dixon poll — except for the recent exit polling - has outshone by far The Post poll in the last two statewide elections and dohe better than the Times-DispatCh
After all, in 1985 The Post poll had Wilder ahead of Republican John Chichester by an astounding <14 percentage points just hours before election day, and Wilder managed to win by only three points and would likely have lost had not torrential rains hit heavily Republican areas-of the state.
The president of Mason-Dixcji polling, after hearing about the other polls, said there was no mane formula and that the important th3> was all the polls showed Wil<3 ahead. IT
But that’s really not the impaitant thing. It’s like two sportsewters saying the Giants are leadiii the Redskins two touchdowns wftji two minutes left in the game, anjl another saying the Giants are ahetfi by only a field goal. 1
L. Douglas Wilder is apparent! now the Governor-elect of Virginia. But in the aftermath of the electi3i some of those who commission pods
in statewide races might want tjc take a hard look at the techniques 41 those who conduct their surveys. J
Otherwise, the findings they release may be given little future credibility. ^
John Goolrick, a former political reporter, is now an aide to Seventh District Congressman D. French Slaughter Jr. Opinions expressed are his own.
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