Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, January 23, 1993 TAG: 9301230214
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A5 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
POLL SHOWS TERRY FAR AHEAD
Attorney General Mary Sue Terry is considered a safe bet to capture the Democratic gubernatorial nomination and would easily defeat any of the Republicans if the election were held today, according to a new poll.Terry, the only official Democratic candidate, got 74 percent of the support in Mason-Dixon Political-Media Research Inc.'s survey of 205 likely participants in the party's caucuses. Eleven percent went to Education Secretary James Dyke, who is considering challenging Terry, and the rest were undecided.
Among 208 likely participants in Republican caucuses, 41 percent support former Rep. George Allen. His challengers, Earle Williams and Del. Clinton Miller, had 13 percent each. Thirty-three percent were undecided.
The polling company also said that if the election were held today, Terry would defeat Allen 55 percent to 28 percent, she would defeat Williams 60 percent to 24 percent and defeat Miller 60 percent to 23 percent. In all cases, about 16 percent were undecided.
U.S. Sen. Charles Robb's popularity has improved since a federal grand jury declined to indict him Jan. 12 in a political eavesdropping case, a poll released Friday showed.
Robb, whose job performance rating earned excellent or good grades from 31 percent of those surveyed in a September poll, saw that figure climb to 49 percent in a poll conducted by Mason-Dixon Political-Media Research Inc.
The company surveyed 819 likely voters by telephone Jan. 15-17.
Regarding Robb's re-election chances next year, 32 percent said they would vote for Robb, up from 24 percent in the company's poll in September.
Mason-Dixon said the poll has a margin for error of 3.5 percent.
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Memo: shorter version ran in the Metro edition.