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FROM WASHINGTON STRAIGHT/JOHN MCLAUGHLIN

With each new poll, Democratic strategists here grimace with pain, wondering what can be done to dilute the President’s mandate and protect their Senate and House seats—in short, to derail a possible Republican realignment. Reagan leads over Mondale in every state, with an overall nationwide margin of 25 to thirty points. Right now, Mr. Reagan is pulling more Republicans (95 per cent) of every stripe than any other GOP presidential candidate in history, almost as many independents (63 per cent) as Nixon did in ’72 (69 per cent), and almost as many Democrats (28 per cent) as Nixon (33 per cent). So a landslide is in the making, and Democrats will be breaking away.

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FROM WASHINGTON STRAIGHT/JOHN MCLAUGHLIN

With each new poll, Democratic strategists here grimace with pain, wondering what can be done to dilute the President’s mandate and protect their Senate and House seats—in short, to derail a possible Republican realignment. Reagan leads over Mondale in every state, with an overall nationwide margin of 25 to thirty points. Right now, Mr. Reagan is pulling more Republicans (95 per cent) of every stripe than any other GOP presidential candidate in history, almost as many independents (63 per cent) as Nixon did in ’72 (69 per cent), and almost as many Democrats (28 per cent) as Nixon (33 per cent). So a landslide is in the making, and Democrats will be breaking away.