1998 STRAW POLL RESULTS

      A straw poll of 1,106 delegates at the
 Southern GOP  Leadership Conference, conducted
 2/28 for the MS GOP by the polling company.
 The ballot listed 28 names.

 
 GOP Primary Matchups
                    1st Choice  2nd Choice  1st/2nd Combined 
                    Raw  %age   Raw  %age        %age
 George W. Bush     201  18%    132  13%         31% 
 Steve Forbes       161  15     100  10          25
 Dan Quayle         132  12     124  12          24
 Fred Thompson      107  10      98   9          19 
 John Ashcroft      100   9      96   9          18 
 Lamar Alexander     88   8      91   9          17
 Newt Gingrich       69   6      56   5          11
 
 NOTE:  The names and totals of the 21 others who
 appeared on the straw ballot but finished below
 these seven were not released. 
 
 Here are those names:
 
 Gary Bauer           John McCain
 Pat Buchanan         Oliver North
 Elizabeth Dole       George Pataki
 Bob Dornan           Colin Powell
 John Engler          Bob Smith
 Rudy Giuliani        Tommy Thompson
 Phil Gramm           J.C. Watts 
 John Kasich          Bill Weld
 Frank Keating        Christie Whitman
 Jack Kemp            Pete Wilson
 Alan Keyes           
 
 Regardless Of Whom You Would Like To Win, Who Will Win?
 Bush     31%        Ashcroft  5%
 Quayle   14         Gingrich  5
 Forbes   11         Kemp      5
 Alexander 6         Thompson  4
                     Lott      4
 
 First Choice For VP?
 Watts    26%        Kasich    5%
 E. Dole  16         Ashcroft  5
 Bush      6         Forbes    3
 Keyes     5         Quayle    3
 Thompson  5         Lott      3