A Pair of Electoral Tests

Pair of Electoral Tests

Whether abortion is an issue that will decide the outcome of elections is being tested in Governor's campaigns in Virginia and New Jersey. Race was expected to be a dominant preoccupation in Virginia, where Democratic Lieut. Governor Douglas Wilder is seeking to become the nation's first elected black Governor. But while it may never be far from voters' minds, the race issue has failed to materialize, allowing Wilder to keep the focus on the antiabortion views of his Republican opponent, Marshall Coleman.

Coleman and Wilder are running nearly even, but Wilder has wider support among women voters. Polls indicate that abortion...

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