Word: mervin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Mervin Field's California poll had Republican Ronald Reagan's support holding steady at 46% , while Democratic Incumbent Pat Brown dropped four points, to 39% . By dividing the undecided 15%, Field gave Reagan 54% to Brown...
...their scholarship," notes that math and science finally "begin to make sense to them." Roger Derthick, principal of Henry Grady High, calls it "a great motivating course." The FAA is so enthusiastic that it is permitting one of its field men to help Atlanta teachers qualify as flying instructors. Mervin Strickler Jr., director of the FAA education program, contends that "this type of course changes the attitude of youngsters toward excellence, precision and high standards-no kid is satisfied with 70% success when landing an airplane...
California Pollster Mervin Field is following a trend toward "randomization" in selecting interviewees. He divides California into six regions, on which he collects basic social and economic data. Within each region he assigns interviewers to a few blocks in each county, instructs them to canvass, for example, every third house from the corner, ignoring race, religion, age and income. He insists only that an equal number of men and women be polled. Such random selection, the theory goes, will ensure a good cross section. Declares Field: "You either put your faith in probabilities...
...California, the Mervin Field poll put Republican Senator Thomas Kuchel well ahead of Democrat Richard Richards, 45% to 38%, among those most likely to vote. Among all those polled, Kuchel led by a smaller margin-44% to 39%, with 17% still undecided...
...Mervin Field California poll now shows Pat Brown leading Nixon 46% to 43% among all voters; but among those considered most likely to vote, the candidates stand at a ding-dong 46%-46% deadlock...