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...beaten up. Whatever the ultimate outcome, the signature validating will scarcely have begun when the Republicans meet in Miami Beach, and the campaign could thus damage Reagan's hope for the nomination. In any case, Reagan is not likely to lose all that much luster at home. A Mervin Field Poll last week showed that if a recall election were actually held, Reagan would be returned to office with a 2-to-l plurality, higher than the one that made him Governor two years...
...serious impact. In a discussion of the causes of last year's ghetto riots, the Kerner Report suggested that the enticements of TV commercials, "endlessly flaunted before the eyes of the Negro poor and the jobless ghetto youth," were an important inducement to the state of unrest. Opinion Researcher Mervin Field goes so far as to suggest that commercials constitute "a looter's shopping list...
...have called for state control of polls, or outlawing them altogether, but that would probably amount to unconstitutional censorship of what has become a lively branch of journalism. Polls are here to stay, and pollsters have an obligation to make them even more honest and accurate. Gallup, Roper, Crossley, Mervin Field, Joe Belden and others have begun a drive for self-regulation, calling on their colleagues to disclose exactly what question was put to how many people, as well as when and where...
...odds against the first successful challenge to an incumbent President in 84 years may be growing shorter. This week's Gallup poll shows Kennedy pulling ahead of Johnson in popularity among Democrats 44% to 41%, after having trailed him 44% to 45% the week before announcing his candidacy. Mervin Field's California poll showed that in a three-way race in the June 4 primary there, Kennedy would draw 42% of the vote, Johnson 32% and McCarthy 18%; in a two-way race, the survey shows Bobby shellacking the President...
Reagan argued that as California's favorite son, it would be inconsistent to withdraw his name from Wisconsin's ballot. According to Mervin Field's California Poll, however, Reagan is far from everybody's favorite. An overwhelming 70% of California Republicans want a choice of other delegate slates on their primary ballot, and only 25% want a single slate pledged to Reagan...