University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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Democratic candidate Walter F. Mondale ges- tures while upming a point. The Kentucky Center for the Arts was the site for the first presidential debate on fbreign policy. - Photo RickElkms 26 Election UK poll predicts t84 gan over tNalter F. Mondale before the 1984 presidential election, according to a UK Survey Research Center p011 taken Oct, 15-26 President Rea, gan did not disappoint the consensus. The president won 28 states with 274 electoral votes, and led in 10 more with 137, The electoral votes UT South Dakota pushed his total past the 270 needed to elect a president. Questions about the presidential election were a small part ot the biannual poll conducted by the cen- ter, a department of the UK Graduate School. Statewide, 622 registered voters were asked, If the presidential election were held today, would you vote for Ronald Reagan Dr Walter Mondale? Fifty- tive percent of the respondents said they would vote for Reagan, while 30 percenl hacked Mondale. We're not in the electioneprediction business, Said Phillip Roeder, director of the Survey Research Center. 'Don't Know' is not on the ballot, and pew pie will Lhange their minds before the election. W'c wanted to make comparison with the last two tsurveyst, Roeder said. And compared to the center's last three Qtatewide polity, Mondale Support in Ken- tueky had slipped in tavor of Reagan In all, 743 peopte responded to the 15-20 minute telephone survey, but only registered voters were usketi ahout their voting preterences. It they're not registered to vote, what they think doesn't matter, Kentucky voters tavored President Ronald Rea- Tim Johnson. research coordinator, said. The Reagan-Mnndaie questions were written to be consistent with the NBC News national polls, Tohnson said, and were tirst added to the Noveniber1983 poll. The center asked all respondents about Reagan's job performance. The percentage of those saying Rea- gan had done an excellent job rose trom 17 percent in April to 21 percent in October. Responses saying Rea, gan has done a poor job stayed about the same, 19 percent, according to the center's survey. An NBC poll had similar results, according, to Johnson. HOur figures were pretty much aligned with nationwide figures? Registered voters were also asked about presi- dential preference and Reagan's performance 'hah were called before the second debate ton foreign poht cyt and half after. Presidential preference figures were not changed by the debate 65 percenti, but respow dents rating Reagan's performance 215 excellent rest from 18 percent before the debate to 27 percent after The margin of error for the Survey before the dehatt is plus or minus 5.2, and plus or minus 6.2 For tht posteresponset The survey was an omnibus p011, which means r07 spondents were asked their opinions about subject such as personal health, the environment and govern ment, Kentuckians were phoned randomly from a 1i? Compiled by a computer. iCenie Sullivan