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...Assurances." There was still some talk that Barry Goldwater might drop out of the running altogether. His poll ratings had slumped; in 13 Southern states where he had consistently led President Kennedy by a big margin, the Gallup poll now found him trailing Lyndon Johnson 78% to 19%. But Goldwater's backers remained loyal. Insisted Peter O'Donnell Jr., chairman of the National Draft Goldwater Committee, quite accurately: "Senator Goldwater has more announced delegate strength than any other Republican." And J. Drake Edens Jr., South Carolina's G.O.P. state chairman, let it be known that Barry...
...recent Gallup poll reported Republicans would prefer Nixon to Goldwater 52% to 48% if there should be a showdown between...
Ironically, for all their emphasis on foreign affairs, the Tories may be saved by the recent economic upsurge, which could be the palliative necessary to prevent a wide-spread voter revolt. But statistics are hardly encouraging. A recent Daily Telegraph Gallup poll reported that Labor led the Conservatives by 9 1/2 percentage points. And the disastrous Tory record in by-elections was continued last week when they absorbed a surprisingly large defeat at Luton. As an industrial town with full employment and considerable prosperity, Luton typifies more than a hundred constituencies which the Tories win to retain power...
...Unlike their Labor opponents, who elect their leaders, the Tories have no formal method of selection: Instead, senior ministers take delicate soundings within the party to arrive at the "proper consensus." It must have rankled Rab Butler that the "consensus" decided on the aristocratic Home while a nation-wide Gallup poll found Butler to be as strong a Prime Ministerial candidate as Labor's Harold Wilson...
...week's end Gallup released the results of another poll. Exploring the growing speculation that Richard Nixon may become a candidate, Gallup asked a sampling of Republicans whom they would prefer if the convention choice narrowed to Goldwater and Nixon. Result: Nixon 52%, Goldwater...