European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 12, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3south s minorities poor give Clinton huge boost Washington a Blacks hispanics and the poor largely discounted Paul Tsongas economic message broadening Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton a victories by Large margins across the South. A a he a from this part of the country and he sounds like he a for the working people a said Charles Gragg a retired meat inspector from Oklahoma City explaining Why on tuesday he voted for Clinton. Exit polls taken for four television networks found 81 percent of Black voters in the states where Clinton and Tsongas were on the ballot chose the Arkansas governor. Tsongas got Only 8 percent of the Black vote former California gov. Jerry Brown took 7 percent. Hispanics in Texas voted for Clinton 57 percent to 20 percent for Brown and 18 percent for Tsongas. Among White voters Clinton led with 59 percent to 27 percent for Tsongas and 10 percent for Brown. The figures were broadcast by Cable news network which joined with Abc lbs and Abc in the joint venture called voter research and surveys. Network analysts soured president Bush a eight state super tuesday sweep with news that his disapproval rating was 36 percent among Republican voters in his adopted Home state of Texas. A a it a just so hard to believe that our Economy could be As Low As it is a said Jim Fisher a Retiree in Dallas who said he voted for Bush without enthusiasm. Exit polls showed the Economy remained the top Issue on voters minds and it seemed sure to continue to dominate the Campaign As the candidates move on to Illinois and Michigan two Industrial states Shell shocked by Plant closings. Clinton continued to run much better than Tsongas among the unemployed and Low income groups a he won 69 percent of southerners with family incomes under $15,000, can said. Clinton also won 68 percent of the votes of southerners who have a Union member in their household Abc reported. Clinton seemed to have overcome questions about his Vietnam Era draft status capturing 64 percent of veterans votes to Tsongas 23 percent. Still a Quarter of Southern democrats said they were not satisfied that Clinton has the honesty and integrity to serve effectively As president Abc reported. Clinton voters tended to say in the exit poll that he a cares about people like me and a Best represents what my party stands for a Abc reported. A new gender Gap has shown up this year within the Republican party where Bush won 75 percent of women a votes but Only 62 percent of menus in the South on tuesday. The exit polls showed Republican Patrick Buchanan leading among those angry about the Way the Federal government is working and those concerned about Bush a breaking his a no new taxes Promise Abc reported. Buchanan digging in his heels despite gop pressure to quit from wire reports Washington a mainstream Republican leaders Are leaning on challenger Patrick Buchanan to abandon the race before his ideological crusade wounds the grand old party. President Bush has won every contest a eight on super tuesday a but Buchanan claims Victory of a different sort. And he vows to stay put. With his hard line conservative crusade Buchanan already has succeeded in pushing Bush to the right even prompting the president to renounce the 1990 deficit reduction agreement in which he gave up on his no new taxes pledge. Buchanan so with no Hope of winning the nomination Why does no to Buchanan give up Buchanan supplied a defiant answer As he arrived in Dearborn mich., to Challenge Bush next tuesday in that state and in Illinois. A the Bush is winning votes but we have been winning the hearts of the american people and we re going to continue to do so a Buchanan said. Super tuesday gave Bush convincing victories in eight states mostly in the South adding to the seven primary and caucus victories earlier. A for All practical purposes president Bush has won the nomination a White House press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater declared. As for Buchanan a refusal to relent a popular theory is that he is having too much fun to quit. A the ought to get out now before he completely wrecks the party and go to work on the democrats and Start to build up some credit a said Mitchell Daniels a White House political director during the Reagan administration. Sen. Phil Gramm a Texas offered a novel theory to Why he thinks Buchanan Isnit quitting. Its part of a Media conspiracy Gramm said. A this Campaign is being pushed to protect your jobs a Gramm said. A there is a growing suspicion in the country that people in the news Media concerned that it they done to Nave a race to cover in the midst of a recession that you could be out of work a the senator told reporters. He said he Learned this a from very reliable sources better than the sources that normally get  Oklahoma voters put clamps on tax hikes Oklahoma City apr after four major tax increases in less than a decade Oklahoma voters pulled the purse strings tighter than in any other state. Voters approved 56 percent to 44 percent a constitutional amendment tuesday that slaps the tightest restrictions in the nation on a Legislatures ability to raise taxes. The unofficial tally was 372,306 to 290,555. A it is a shot that will be heard around the United states a said Dan Brown of the Oklahoma taxpayers Union. The measure requires any tax increases passed with less than a three fourths majority in both houses of the legislature to be put to the voters at the next election. It also gives voters time to mount a petition drive against a new Levy. Although some states require a super majority to pass tax Bills or require some taxes to be submitted to a popular vote none of the provisions is As far reaching As the Oklahoma measure. Opponents had warned that the measure could Lead to increases in business taxes and in local property taxes to make up for lost state Revenue. 3 who sought atomic Grant voted from office Carson . Apr voters recalled from office three Grant county commissioners for their role in obtaining a $100,000 Energy department Grant to study whether the county had a suitable place for a nuclear waste dump. The commissioners a Ray Miller Lloyd Ulmer and Marley Sprecher a had said they saw the Grant As a Way to Spur the stagnant Economy and create jobs. Commission members said the study did not mean a dump would be built. The Grant was awarded in november. Opponents immediately began collecting signatures for tuesdays recall election. The department is looking for a 500-acre site where it can temporarily store discarded fuel rods from nuclear reactors. The rods eventually will be stored in Nevada. Five locations in Oklahoma new Mexico and Washington have also have received $100,000 study Grants. Primary result Florida rkpcbl1can Democrat George Bush. 68% Bill Clinton 52% Patrick Buchanan 32% Paul Tsongas 34% David Duke Jerry Brown 12% Tom Harkin 1% Louisiana  Democrat George Bush 62% Bill Clinton 69% Patrick Buchanan 27% Paul Tsongas 11% David Duke 9% Jerry Brown 7% Tom Harkin 1% Massachusetts  Democrat George Bush 66% Paul Tsongas 66% Patrick Buchanan 28% Jerry Brown 15% David Duke. 2% Bill Clinton. 11% Tom Harkin 0% Mississippi  Democrat George Bush 72% Bill Clinton 73% Patrick Buchanan 17% Jerry Brown 10% David Duke 11% Paul Tsongas 8% Tom Harkin 1% Oklahoma  Democrat George Bush 70% Bill Clinton 71% Patrick Buchanan 27% Jerry Brown 17% David Duke 3% Tom Harkin 3% Paul Tsongas Rhode Island  Democrat George Bush 63% Paul Tsongas 53% Patrick Buchanan 32% Bill Clinton 21% David Duke 2% Jerry Brown. 19% Tom Harkin 1% Tennessee  Democrat George Bush 73% Bill Clinton 67% Patrick Buchanan 22% Paul Tsongas 19% David Duke 3% Jerry Brown 8% Tom Harkin 1% Texas  Democrat George Bush 70% Bill Clinton 65% Patrick Buchanan 24% Paul Tsongas 19% David Duke 3% Jerry Brown 8% Tom Harkin 1% not on ballot