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...Harris survey in July, which asked Democratic and independent voters to choose among three possible nominees, Brown was backed by 18%, compared with 52% for Ted Kennedy and 25% for Carter. California Pollster Mervin Field thinks Brown has a fifty-fifty chance against Carter if Kennedy stays out of the contest. Brown, on the other hand, may have lost some of the luster that enabled him to beat Carter in all three of the primaries in 1976 where he appeared on the ballot. His unconventionality has by now become rather conventional; he is expected to do the unexpected. Behavior that...
...White House last week, it may have looked as if Skylab were arriving early. President Carter's public standing in the polls was still dropping, to an all-time low for him of 37% in the latest nationwide Gallup survey and to an almost unbelievable 11% in Mervin Field's California Poll. The gasoline lines that seemed to be lessening in California began appearing in New York. A new round of Middle East oil price increases heralded still worse days ahead, both in the gas lines and for the nation as a whole (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS...
...Observed Mervin Field, whose California poll gives Carter one of the lowest ratings in the past 30 years: "Pushing the international button is less effective than in the past because people are so concerned about domestic problems...
...enter selected Democratic primaries, including some early contests in the East, to test Carter's vulnerability. But Brown's main concern is Ted Kennedy, who he fears could reap the benefit of Brown's own early challenge to Carter. The worry is well founded. The latest Mervin Field poll shows that among California Democrats, 44% favor Kennedy as their party's nominee. Carter trails badly with 22%; Brown comes in last with...
Ultimately, Carter's success will rest on how well he deals with the issue that most distresses people: inflation. "The pocket nerve is throbbing all the time because of inflation," says Pollster Mervin Field. "Inflation is bugging the public more than anything." Former President Ford is pounding away on this issue. Ford recalls that when he left office, the inflation rate stood at 4.8%. "In 20 months under the Carter Administration, we're back to unacceptable inflation." If inflation is not brought under control, many of Carter's other accomplishments could be quickly-if unfairly-forgotten...