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...while five candidates hope days of handshaking and thousands of dollars pay off at the ballot box. Sen. Gary Hart (D-Colo.) has steered clear of this derby. Instead, he and a legion of college students including about 25 from Harvard, will today canvass New Hampshire, the scene of the first official primary next February...
...White House, such polls are an important gauge of the incumbent Administration's standing with its constituents. For the Kremlin, by contrast, Soviet public opinion is virtually irrelevant, while public opinion in the West is a target of opportunity for propaganda. The Politburo need canvass only itself and listen respectfully to the general staff of the Soviet armed forces. The Soviets are driven only by self-interest, and not always of the most enlightened kind...
...RACE at least, the little matter of who is beating whom says more about statistical analysis than it does about state politics. During the first week in October, a New York Times poll showed Moffett ahead by five percentage points. The same week, a University of Connecticut-Hartford Courant canvass had Weicker up by 16 points. Since then, another Times poll has put Weicker in the lead by two points or sixteen points, depending on the order the polling questions were put to voters...
...occupied territories. One of the Israeli rules banned publication of material of "political significance"; the other for bade "publishing, in writing or orally, praises, sympathy or support of a hostile organization." The Israeli authorities accused PORI of using "a member of a Palestinian Arab terrorist group" to canvass public opinion. They arrested that polltaker and confiscated some of his data. None of the seized material was used in tabulating the poll. Last week the Israeli government decided not to prosecute TIME. Pointing out that any violation of existing laws or regulations had been unintentional, TIME agreed to show the poll...
...plan is approved, the earliest delivery could begin is in the week of March 2, Avery said. She added that it would be necessary to "canvass, advertise, and send fliers" around the school before subscriptions and delivery could resume...