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A. Teixeira, in Public OW-ion (Jan./Feb. 1989), 1150 17th St. N.W., Washington, D.C.

After Election Day 1988, the Reverend Jesse Jackson declared that Governor Mi- chael Dukakis could have triumphed a "margin of enthusiasm" if only he had in- spired poor and minority voters to go to the polls in greater numbers.
Similar sentiments were voiced by many Democrats after George Bush's 54-46 per- cent victory. And, at first glance, says Teixeira, a public opinion specialist at Abt Associates, t...