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In the aftermath of the Democratic National Convention, the party's nominee, Michael S. Dukakis, has expanded his lead among registered voters over Vice President Bush, the probable Republican nominee, according to a Gallup Poll... Fifty-five percent of the 948 registered voters interviewed in the poll said they preferred to see Mr. Dukakis win the 1988 Presidential election, while 38 percent said they preferred to see Mr. Bush win. The poll had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus four percentage points... This represented a shift in Mr. Dukakis's lead from the 47 percent to 41 percent advantage he...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis said Gov. Mitt Romney owes the voters who elected him in 2002 a quick and firm decision on whether or not he is going to seek re-election. Dukakis said he announced he would seek the presidency in April 1987, just a few months after he had been sworn in for a third term. "I didn't dance around it,'' Dukakis said. "There wasn't a lot of mystery about the whole thing.'' Romney has never committed to a firm run for re-election since he won the Corner Office nearly three years ago, though he recently boasted...