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PARTY IN THE SPOTLIGHT

PARTY IN THE SPOTLIGHT; Bush Trails, to Varying Degrees, in 3 Polls

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Three new nationwide polls before the Republican National Convention show Gov. Bill Clinton's lead over President Bush to range from 17 to 23 percentage points, but the polls disagree whether that advantage has increased or eroded since the Democratic convention in July.

The Los Angeles Times Poll of 1,146 registered voters, taken Wednesday through Friday, showed Mr. Clinton preferred by 56 percent and Mr. Bush preferred by 33 percent. That 23-point advantage represented a slight widening from the 20-point Democratic advantage in a Los Angeles Times poll at the end of the Democratic convention.

The Newsweek Poll of 750 registered voters, conducted Thursday and Friday by the Gallup Organization, showed Mr. Clinton leading Mr. Bush by 53 percent to 36 percent. That 17 percentage point margin was narrower than the 27-point lead for Mr. Clinton in a Newsweek poll right after the Democratic convention.

A separate Gallup Poll of 1,001 registered voters, taken last Monday to Wednesday for CNN and USA Today, showed a 19-point gap: 56 percent for Mr. Clinton and 37 percent for Mr. Bush. That poll concluded Mr. Clinton had shown little erosion between the party conventions; three earlier Gallup Polls had put Mr. Clinton's advantage at 20 to 25 percentage points.

Each of the new telephone polls had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three or four percentage points.