Without Proper Context, Polls Are Not Very Helpful

• By David Winston
• Roll Call Contributing Writer
• June 17, 2008, Midnight

Here are a couple of gee whiz facts that, in this age of razor-thin presidential elections, most political observers and pundits seem to have forgotten. In the 1988 presidential contest, Vice President George H.W. Bush defeated former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis by just under 8 points, which produced a staggering 426 electoral votes for the winner.