Tsongas Takes Mass.; Brown Wins 2nd Place

Democrat Paul E. Tsongas coasted to an easy victory in the Massachusetts primary and in local polling yesterday, while President George Bush won by landslide margins that had been predicted in the Republican race.

The surprise of the evening however was former California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr.'s strong second-place showing both in Cambridge and the entire Bay State.

With 95 percent of the precincts reporting, Brown took 15 percent of the Commonwealth's vote, following home state favorite, former Massachusetts Sen. Paul E. Tsongas with 67 percent. Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton received 11 percent.

Tsongas did largely as expected taking the Massachusetts and Rhode Island primaries and finishing a dis- tant second in the seven southern statesholding elections yesterday.

"To all those people in the Democratic partywho are resisting change, get out of the way; theAmerican people coming," Tsongas said in a rallyat his Lowell, Mass. campaign headquarters.

There were no surprises in the Republicanprimaries, with Bush pulling a strong 69 percent.Conservative columnist Patrick J. Buchananfollowed with only 29 percent.

Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke won 2percent of the vote statewide and in localballoting. In Cambridge 6 percent of the votestatewide and in local balloting. In Cambridge 6percent of voters expressed "no preference"compared to 4 percent across the state.

Gov. William F. Weld '66 called Bush's showingin the state was "adequate." But the Buchanan campstill expressed pleasure with the results.

"Mr. Bush still failed to garner more than thetraditional loyal vote for an incumbent," saidPaul Nagy, Buchanan's New England campaigndirector.

Neither Buchanan nor Bush made appearances inMassachusetts but Vice President Dan Quayle made acampaign stop in Boston yesterday.

While state pollsters were still tallying thefinal results, Cambridge returns were alreadycounted less than three hours after the pollsclosed. And the results closely mirrored thevoting trend across the Commonwealth.

According to the computer tabulation of pollvotes, Tsongas got more than twice the number ofvotes of closest challenger Brown. Tsongas rakedin 57 percent, followed by Brown with 23 percentand Clinton with 12 percent.

Cambridge's voting for the Republicancandidates also closely followed the tallies inthe state, with Bush at 62 percent and Buchanan at30 percent.

Compared to the rest of the Commonwealth,Cambridge's votes flocked to the polls yesterday,with 40 percent of its registered voters casting aballot. Only 33 percent of the state's votersoverall showed up at the polls.

In all, 16,875 Democrats and 1517 Republicansturned out to vote in Cambridge.

Although Brown's strong showing in the statewas surprising to many election pundits, CambridgeElection Commission officials expected itsaggressively democratic Cantabrigians to opt forBrown at the polls.

"Cambridge tends to be an aggressivelydemocratic vote, so there's no surprise at Tsongascoming in first and there's certainly no surpriseat Brown coming in second," said Sandy Scheir, aCambridge election commissioner.

Scheir, one of the two Democratic commissionersoverseeing the tallying at the Office ofInformational Technology, added that Tsongas had agood showing in the city and the state because ofthe "feeling of hurt" from the recession.

Republican Election Commissioner Artis B.Spears also was unsurprised by the performances ofany of her party's candidates, though she said sheactually expected Bush to pull a stronger leadover Buchanan.

Spears said that because of Cambridge'sdiversity, the outcome of any election is notpredictable.

"I cross all party lines when I vote," said46-year resident Mary A. Samp, a retired HarvardBusiness School employee whose husband is anelection commissioner. "I think what I do is whata lot of Cambridge people do-vote for people theyhave confidence in."Crimson GraphicNancy E. GreeneDelegate Count

"To all those people in the Democratic partywho are resisting change, get out of the way; theAmerican people coming," Tsongas said in a rallyat his Lowell, Mass. campaign headquarters.

There were no surprises in the Republicanprimaries, with Bush pulling a strong 69 percent.Conservative columnist Patrick J. Buchananfollowed with only 29 percent.

Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke won 2percent of the vote statewide and in localballoting. In Cambridge 6 percent of the votestatewide and in local balloting. In Cambridge 6percent of voters expressed "no preference"compared to 4 percent across the state.

Gov. William F. Weld '66 called Bush's showingin the state was "adequate." But the Buchanan campstill expressed pleasure with the results.

"Mr. Bush still failed to garner more than thetraditional loyal vote for an incumbent," saidPaul Nagy, Buchanan's New England campaigndirector.

Neither Buchanan nor Bush made appearances inMassachusetts but Vice President Dan Quayle made acampaign stop in Boston yesterday.

While state pollsters were still tallying thefinal results, Cambridge returns were alreadycounted less than three hours after the pollsclosed. And the results closely mirrored thevoting trend across the Commonwealth.

According to the computer tabulation of pollvotes, Tsongas got more than twice the number ofvotes of closest challenger Brown. Tsongas rakedin 57 percent, followed by Brown with 23 percentand Clinton with 12 percent.

Cambridge's voting for the Republicancandidates also closely followed the tallies inthe state, with Bush at 62 percent and Buchanan at30 percent.

Compared to the rest of the Commonwealth,Cambridge's votes flocked to the polls yesterday,with 40 percent of its registered voters casting aballot. Only 33 percent of the state's votersoverall showed up at the polls.

In all, 16,875 Democrats and 1517 Republicansturned out to vote in Cambridge.

Although Brown's strong showing in the statewas surprising to many election pundits, CambridgeElection Commission officials expected itsaggressively democratic Cantabrigians to opt forBrown at the polls.

"Cambridge tends to be an aggressivelydemocratic vote, so there's no surprise at Tsongascoming in first and there's certainly no surpriseat Brown coming in second," said Sandy Scheir, aCambridge election commissioner.

Scheir, one of the two Democratic commissionersoverseeing the tallying at the Office ofInformational Technology, added that Tsongas had agood showing in the city and the state because ofthe "feeling of hurt" from the recession.

Republican Election Commissioner Artis B.Spears also was unsurprised by the performances ofany of her party's candidates, though she said sheactually expected Bush to pull a stronger leadover Buchanan.

Spears said that because of Cambridge'sdiversity, the outcome of any election is notpredictable.

"I cross all party lines when I vote," said46-year resident Mary A. Samp, a retired HarvardBusiness School employee whose husband is anelection commissioner. "I think what I do is whata lot of Cambridge people do-vote for people theyhave confidence in."Crimson GraphicNancy E. GreeneDelegate Count