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Subject: Clinton stops in Kansas, talks to New York
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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 0:20:17 PDT
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	TOPEKA, Kan. (UPI) -- Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton made an 11th hour
appearance in Kansas Monday night, but delegate-rich New York was
obviously on his mind as Clinton kept a crowd waiting to speak to New
York television stations.
	Clinton, the only presidential candidate to visit Kansas this season,
reminded a crowd of about 300 that his home state of Arkansas is only
about 100 miles from the southeast corner of Kansas.
	``I like Kansas, and I always love coming here,'' Clinton said. ``It
took me awhile, but I got here.''
	A gravely voice Clinton tailored his brief remarks to the Kansas
audience, promising to support expanded exploration for natural gas. He
also voiced support for the use of ethanol based fuels, a position
popular with the state's farmers.
	Even during his brief stop Clinton's attention was on Tuesday's
crucial primary in New York, making a crowd of 300 wait for more than a
half hour so he could complete a pair of live television interviews with
local New York City television stations.
	Five more satellite interviews to New York were waiting after his
speech to the faithful gathered in Kansas.
	Clinton is expected to win most of the delegates available in the
Democratic race.
	There are 42 Democratic delegates from Kansas. One third of those
will go to the convention uncommitted. The others will be distributed
proportionately to all candidates receiving more than 15 percent of the
vote.
	However, Clinton might be disappointed if a large number of Kansas
voters chose none of the candidates, following the lead of the state's
Democratic governor.
	Kansas Secretary of State Bill Graves said he expects about 400,000
voters at the polls Tuesday, and said up to 10 percent of all voters
could pull the lever marked ``None of those named above.''
	Governor Joan Finney started the trend early. Finney cast an absentee
ballot before leaving the state Monday. She told election workers that
she chose not to vote for any of the candidates on the Democratic
ballot.
	Graves said he expects turnout to be about 37 percent of all
registered voters, boosted in part by a large number of local issues
that appear on ballots across the state.
	They range from school bond issues to recall elections, and Graves
said they made his job more difficult when it came to predicting voter
turnout.
	Graves said his prediction of a strong ``None of the names above''
turnout is based on the 1980 election, the last time Kansas held a
presidential primary. Then 18,000 Kansans opted not to support any
candidate in that election.
	``1980 was not a year when there was a large amount of discontent,''
Graves said. ``I think we could easily double that, or more, given the
mood of the electorate this year.''
	Graves also said he was not surprised to hear about Clinton's 11th
hour trip to the state. ``Winning a state at this stage is important to
both Brown and Clinton,'' he said. ``It tells me his people figured out
that it's worth a quick trip out, to make sure they get a 'w' in the
column.''
	No statewide polls have measured voter support for any of the
candidates, but political observers expect President Bush to have no
problem winning all of the 30 delegates up for grabs.
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