[nhwingut]

Reagan was NOT down 12 in mid-October.

Hi Newb...

Via (your) New York Times: (7th paragraph)
Since Gallup began presidential polling in 1936, only one candidate has overcome a deficit that large, and this late, to win the White House: Ronald Reagan, who trailed President Jimmy Carter 47 percent to 39 percent in a survey completed on Oct. 26, 1980.

[teg_76]

47 - 39 = 8

[Ernestwashington]

Reagan was down 8, not[ 12, as I said.