Word: gallup
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last week George Gallup in Princeton compiled the new data from his hot, dusty pollsters around the nation, and then at week's end sent his findings out through his network. Ford had fallen a notable seven points in the esteem of the people, from 52% to 45%. Over in Manhattan, Louis Harris was totting up his findings from some 1,500 personal interviews. The general drift was pretty much the same-down...
...attacked Ford's energy conservation program as weak and ineffective but could not pass an adequate alternative of their own. Complained Democratic Representative Richard Boiling of Missouri: "We're looking like a bunch of idiots." Indeed, as public approval of Ford increased (to 55% in the latest Gallup poll), public esteem of Congress plummeted...
Ford has climbed out of the cellar in the national polls, and both Gallup and Harris record 50% or more approval. His effectiveness on the Hill has been demonstrated in his recent battles to sustain three vetoes. The results of the probing of the electorate by the Republican National Committee do not need obscuring. Even Ford's weekend afternoons of golf with celebrities yield a slightly positive response, as measured in the R.N.C. poll samples...
...George Gallup, L.H.D., chairman, American Institute of Public Opinion...
...tone if not in specifics, these adverse judgments reflect the view of Truman's contemporary enemies, who considered him a clay idol with human feet. The now beloved Missouri Democrat had the dubious distinction of scoring the lowest Gallup popular-approval rating (23%) ever accorded a President-lower even than Nixon's 24%. In fact, Harry Truman's entire career was riddled with paradox and contradiction. Although he was so scrupulous that even in the White House he used his own stamps on personal letters, Truman was the product of Boss Pendergast's corrupt Kansas City...