Word: galluped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Pollster George Gallup, who covers the public opinion beat for 122 newspapers,* had a hot pre-convention argument last week. His opponent was Charles Michelson, former Democratic publicity chief. Their dispute was over the value of polls...
White-haired Mr. Michelson singled out Dr. Gallup's poll, which reported that 61% of the U.S. people thought that the Government erred in taking over Montgomery Ward. Wrote Michelson (for North American Newspaper Alliance): "As there are involved knotty questions over which the lawyers will be wrangling clear up to the Supreme Court, the acquirement of so definite a result comes near to being miraculous. Incidentally, isn't there a question of whether this does not come close to things the courts could hardly permit...
...Philosophy) Gallup found Michelson's opinions "based upon a complete misconception of aim and method." Said the pollster: "The people may not be fully informed on all the complexities of any given issue. But that does not stop them from having opinions. . . . Mr. Michelson ignores a point which undoubtedly he knows well, which is that opinions are subject to change and so are political tides...
Eleanor Roosevelt's peregrinations have worried so many people so long that the Gallup poll finally caught up with them. Vox populi: too much peregrinating, 45%; okay, 36%; no opinion, 6%; none of their business...
...mortal blow to the hopes of anti-Rooseveltians within the Democratic Party had been dealt by the primary triumphs of New Dealing Senators Claude Pepper and Lister Hill (TIME, May 15). More than ever the President looked like his Party's one & only hope in 1944. A Gallup poll indicated that 50% of those who plan to vote for him will vote for a Republican if Roosevelt does...