European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 4,1992 election �?T92 the stars and stripes b Page 7clinton Odds on favorite bookies in Britain Wager from wire reports London a British bookies have set the Odds for the . Presidential election giving Democrat Bill Clinton his Best standing since betting began. Mondays Odds on Clinton were set at 18. That Means an 8-Pound bet $12.64 would win 9 pounds $14.22. The Odds on president Bush were set at 4-1, the same Odds set for the Man he Defeated in 1988, gov. Michael Dukakis. A the boots on the other foot this year a said Paul Austin spokesman for Ladbroke betting Agency. The bookies set the Odds on Texas billionaire Ross Perot at 1001. A nobody wants to Back Bush or Perot a Austin said. A they see governor Clinton As a racing certainty now. The Odds Are grim news for the president who himself was a 18 shot on election morning in 1988.�?�indonesians Back Clinton Jakarta Indonesia a the majority of indonesian lawmakers bet on democratic Bill Clinton a to win tuesday s presidential election. Local reporters interviewed so parliamentarians from various factions. Thirty four of them or 68 percent favored Clinton. Fifteen others backed resident Bush and one person  baffled Singapore a Only six out of 60 Singapore citizens correctly identified All three . Presidential candidates when shown photographs of them. The Survey reported tuesday in the new paper was taken at a new town shopping Center. President Bush emerged As the most recognized candidate. Fifty one of the 60 people questioned correctly identified Bush but fewer than half knew democratic candidate Bill Clinton. A store assistant identified Clinton As sex beatly Paul Mccartney the paper reported. Independent Ross Perot fared worst of All. Of the 60 polled Only seven correctly identified him. One Man thought he was French president Francois Mitterrand the newspaper  for Clinton Toronto Canada a if canadians could have voted in tuesdays presidential election they would have chosen Democrat Bill Clinton according to a poll published monday. The Gallup poll published in the Toronto Star indicated 43 percent of canadians would have voted for Clinton. President Bush would have won 38 percent of the vote. Independent Ross Perot finished third in the Canadian poll with 20 percent. The paper said the figures add up to More than 100 because of rounding off. The findings of the Survey which questioned 1,007 adults oct. 15-19, showed a Complete reversal from a poll in june. Four months ago Bush was the favorite of 47 percent of canadians. Clinton trailed even Perot. In that Survey 32 percent preferred the Texas billionaire and 21 percent liked the Arkansas governor. The results published monday were said to be accurate within 3.1 percentage Points 19 times out of 20.Bush loses out in France Paris a democratic Bill Clinton beat out president Bush in two French opinion polls published to coincide with tuesdays . Election. Clinton topped Bush by 43 percent to 37 percent in a Telephone Survey of 601 French adults conducted by the Fop polling firm for the newspaper be Parisien. The poll conducted monday showed 3 percent support for Independent Ross Perot. Clinton a Edge Over Bush was 52-39 in a Surveyor 1,008 people conducted thursday and Friday by the Cha polling firm for the newspaper be quotidian. Perot had 9 percent. Neither poll gave a margin of error. In Europe and elsewhere the . Vote is watched London apr a rabbi prayed at Jerusalem a Western Wall on tuesday for the Best Man to win and hundreds of americans aboard planned to eat drink and watch big screen tvs to learn who will be their next president. Election fever spread to european capitals As news Media in Many cities offered coverage normally reserved for Domestic voting. With results not expected until Early today in Europe americans planned late night parties capped by Celebration breakfasts of doughnuts and Coffee. At the Western Wall Judaism a holiest shrine rabbi Yehuda Getz led students in a prayer at Midnight calling on god to Grant Victory to the Man Best for Israel. The group did not say whether president Bush Bill Clinton or Ross Perot should be the Victor a because Only god will know who is Good for Israel a said Getz s Secretary Herzl Youchnik. Newspapers have run surveys Over the past few Days showing that Clinton is the Clear favorite both among israelis and the More than 100,000 americans who live in Israel. Bush is widely perceived by israelis As pro Arab. Bars and hotels in Israel France Germany Belgium Greece and England offered election night parties with Cable to coverage and some had drinks named after the candidates. In London the English speaking Union prepared to Welcome 700 guests but worried about what to do with supporters of the Independent Perot. The Union has prepared separate rooms for democrats and republicans but Perot a supporters were left with Oula place of their own because he had temporarily Droppa out of the race when the space was divvied up Saiu spokeswoman Clare Farrow. Quot  just be mixed in with everyone else a she said. The crowd is expected to include members of parliament and . Ambassador Raymond Seitz who is Host of another big gathering at the . Embassy. Quot Well have an american Buffet Chicken hamburgers and chips a i mean French Fries a said Farrow. The . Embassy in Bonn Germany said 650 people including the entire German Cabinet were invited to attend an election party featuring jazz and a Cash bar. Bbl radio and television planned to cover the . Returns All night. Several american restaurants in Paris planned late night Early morning festivities As patrons watch election returns. A huge All night party was planned at the hotel concorde featuring country and Western Rock and gospel music plus . Cuisine and giant to screens with hookups to . Networks. . Ambassador Walter Curley and democratic and Republican officials were scheduled to be on hand. The entry fee $100 a person. The american University of Paris held a Daylong mock election for its students staff and faculty capped by a debate among student supporters of the three candidates. The latest results from Harry a bar Straw poll which began oct. 12 Clinton 307, Bush 277, Perot /7. Youngsters Choice first grader Philip Goble 6, puts his vote into a ballot Box monday during a presidential election by pupils at new Haven elementary school in new Llavon ind. Among the 5 to 10-Ycarold voters president Bush won with 206 votes Independent Ross Perot came in second with 120, and Democrat Bill Clinton trailed with 84. Voting Day has Seldom passed quietly Washington a election Day is a Day that throughout the country a history has had a texture All its own important sometimes violent Boozy Quirky corny corrupted. Americans have Felt strongly about elections from the Start reported author Kate Kelly who has examined the history of the Day in a facts on file Book ejection Day from which this history is drawn. In colonial Days eating and drinking were such a part of the occasion Kelly wrote that election returns were sometimes called the a voice of  voting could be dangerous too. In St. Blairsville Ohio a a vote riot in front of the Belmont county workhouse in 1932 left 25 injured. Four years later election Day in Kentucky was marked by a feud that left one person dead and another critically injured. In 1952, a woman in Miami tried to vote for Dwight d. Eisenhower while wearing an a i like Ike skirt. Election officials said that constituted improper electioneering at the polling places so she took it off and voted in her slip. Women won the vote in 1920 with the passage of the 19th amendment. In the Wyoming territory however women had been allowed to vote 51 years earlier. Women quieted the proceedings. Election Day often meant drunkenness Rowdy ism and bloodshed but a Wyoming minister noted that the arrival of a female voter provoked a warning a is asst be quiet a woman is coming.�?�. In colonial Days people voted orally and in full View of others. It was Felt that elections would be More honest if people had to declare their beliefs. Clerks tallied the vote on White sheets hanging in the open air As each voter announced his preference. Snouts of approval would come from one Side or the other. The favored candidate would stand and Bow his thanks to the voter while the losing candidate could Send his agents out to round up More votes. This practice prevailed in some places As late As 1870. In the colonies voting was limited to people of substance. Usually Blacks indians jews and catholics were denied the vote a in the area where their numbers were sizable enough to make a difference a Kelly wrote