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By Leroy Wiiliams
Gamecock Staff Writar
Republican presidential candidate
Ronald Reagan can win the
March 8 S.C. Republican
presidential primary with a
"strong base of support he's built
over the years," says Lee Atwater,
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in South Carolina.
Atwater, a Ph.D. candidate in
political science at USC, said South
Carolina is a crucial state for
Republican candidates because it
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. Carolina/' At water said, "If he
can't win here with (U.S. Sen.)
Strom Thurmond and (former S.C. Gov.)
Jim Edwards backing him,
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where can he win? "
AT WATER SAID Bush, the
surprise winner in Iowa caucuses
and whom he considers Reagan's
top competition, must win South
Carolina in order to show that he
has some Southern support.
However, winning this primary is
"not as crucial for Bush as it is for
Connally."
Atwater's strategy for garnering
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prioritizing of voting precincts" in
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four major general elections this
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which to target a massive
telephone campaign.
These 500 precincts are those in
which a Republican candidate for
office won 50 percent or more of
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primary will come from these
precincts," Atwater said.
Atwater has obtained computer
lists of the names, addresses and
telephone numbers of registered
voters in those precincts. Atwater
has not ignored the other 1,100
precincts, however. He says voters
in other precincts will be exposed
to Reagan through radio and
television advertisements.
THE GENERAL elections Atwater
reviewed were the L978 U.S. r
Senate race, the 1976 presidential
election, the 1974 S.C. gubernatorial
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Atwater said he thinks Reagan
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campaigning enough and not
participating in the debated in
Iowa. So far, Reagan has com*.
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Atwater believes Keagan will do
fine in the Feb. 28 debate at USC.
He also said that if Keagan became
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would carry the west and some
conservative midwestern states,"
Atwater said. "If he can win a
Southern state, such as Texas, and
win a state here and a state there,
he would win."
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