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...politics, Messrs. Gallup and Harris make the odds. On primary day, it matters less whether you won or lost than whether you did better than "expected." The possibility, of course, remains that earlier polls of a candidate's strength were all wrong, and that he neither gained nor lost strength but got the vote he was going to get all along. But that's show business-and contemporary politicians, being showmen, are experts at poor mouthing their chances and minimizing their reverses. So you have the spectacle of Birch Bayh insisting on how well he did by finishing...
...latest Gallup poll shows Ford leading Reagan among Republican voters by 53% to 42%. In mid-December the two men were tied; in November, following Ford's abrupt shakeup of his Cabinet and Reagan's announcement of his candidacy, the former California Governor led, 40% to 32%, in a field...
...Obviously," she says, "the males of the country have overcome their fear of women in politics. Every success creates an aura of confidence for the next woman who tries it." (Women are also mayors of San Antonio, Oklahoma City, Wichita, Kans., Cincinnati and Lincoln, Neb.) Not long ago, a Gallup poll found that 73% of the American people would support a qualified woman running for President...
Ford's old congressional friends feared that the President was rapidly losing ground to Ronald Reagan in the race for the Republican nomination, and a Gallup poll released later in the week showed dramatically how right they were. The poll, taken in late November, reported that Reagan had actually passed Ford to become the favorite among Republican voters for the nomination by a margin of 40% to 32%. Just a month before, Ford had easily outdistanced Reagan, 48% to 25%. The independent vote had also swung to Reagan, giving him a 27%-to-25% edge over Ford, as opposed...
...Hoover developed was a highly disciplined investigative agency, compiling a remarkable record of arrests for such major crimes as bank robbery, kidnaping and espionage. The disclosures, moreover, have sent public esteem for the agency plummeting. While 84% of Americans gave a "highly favorable" rating to the FBI in a Gallup poll in 1965, only 71% did so in 1970, and a mere 37% now feel that way. Nevertheless, the disclosures have served a valuable purpose. They should discourage any future director-or President -from tolerating any use of the bureau as a secret political spying agency...