Hart's New Legions

Nothing about Senator Gary Hart's campaign takeoff has confounded the experts quite so much as the identity and motivation of those who caused it—his newly acquired supporters. In short, who is the Gary Hart voter?

As Hart's standing in the polls rose last week, the question became easier to answer. Gloated Political Strategist Pat Caddell, who advises Hart: "It's everybody at the moment." Caddell agreed that the Senator's early support was concentrated in a "generational" base of voters from their 20s to their early 40s. But in the Vermont primary, Caddell pointed out, some surveys showed Hart outpolling former Vice President Walter...

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