Dukakis was 40 points ahead WITH THE MEDIA who were trying to pound that info to the public to make them think the election was over.
What they did was convince Dems that they didn’t need to go out to vote, thankfully giving him a loss.
They tried to do the opposite with Bush II and almost made him lose, because he was looking so good before the first election. Supporession of the turnout motivation almost made AlGore the prosident. I know I dindt vote that year because Rush Limbaugh had said it was all in Bush’s favor. (I know.. very stupid, but I was home sick)
Dukakis was talking about when he lost the Democrat renomination as Governor in 1978 to Conservative Ed King. King was the last Conservative Governor of MA (1979-83).