Nightline (ABC) - 1992-02-17
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[0:01] In the last four decades, no one has
[0:03] become president without first winning
[0:05] the New Hampshire primary. But
[0:07] tomorrow's results from New Hampshire
[0:09] may raise more questions than they
[0:10] answer. Will George Bush avoid being
[0:13] embarrassed by conservative challenger
[0:15] Pat Buchanan? And could a loss by Bill
[0:17] Clinton throw the Democratic race wide
[0:20] open? Tonight, will the first big test
[0:22] in the run for the White House really
[0:24] settle anything?
[0:34] This is ABC News Night Line,
[0:36] substituting for Ted Cppel, reporting
[0:38] from Washington, Chris Wallace.
[0:41] >> After months of polling, of the media
[0:43] naming front runners and shaping
[0:45] expectations, tomorrow, the voters
[0:48] finally get into the act. In the first
[0:50] real contest of this presidential race,
[0:52] the people of New Hampshire will finally
[0:54] tell us in the only way that counts what
[0:56] they think of the candidates. But with
[0:58] one last night before the voting starts,
[1:00] there is, as you might expect, one last
[1:03] poll. The Boston Globe and station WBZ
[1:06] surveyed about a thousand voters in each
[1:08] party today. And here are the results.
[1:11] On the Republican side, President Bush
[1:13] leads with 53%. Pat Buchanan has 31%.
[1:17] That's up five points in the last two
[1:19] days. 17% are either undecided or four
[1:22] other candidates. On the Democratic
[1:24] side, the race is holding steady with
[1:26] Paul Sis at 32%, Bill Clinton at 21% and
[1:31] all the others far behind. A Cuomo
[1:33] writing gets only 5%. If those figures
[1:36] hold up, a primary that was supposed to
[1:38] help settle both races early may do
[1:40] exactly the opposite, ensuring drawnout
[1:43] campa