Word: polled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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What with the performances turned in by political polls this year, there is widespread skepticism about their findings. But they're interesting. This week the Gallup poll reported that President Johnson is the choice of 59% of the "likely voters" across the country, with 31% backing Barry Goldwater and 10% undecided. In the East, Johnson led with 70% to Goldwater's 19%, in the Midwest with 59% to Goldwater's 30% . In the Far West, on the conservative doorstep of Barry's own home country, Gallup found Lyndon out in front 62% to 33%. Only...
...American is an old hand at journalistic coups. He was the first reporter to turn over the John Birch Society rock; more recently he exposed a sales-tax swindle that was costing the state of Illinois $100 million annually. Mabley, 48, also devised the 1951 "plumber's poll" that documented the fact that Chicago's water pressure fell substantially during television commercials and proved that many Chicagoans deserted their sets at such opportune moments...
...soon as the roll call was over, Dirksen hurried out to talk to waiting reporters. Said Ev: "We took care of all unfinished business. There was a motion to take a poll for the purpose of clearing the air and making some contribution to national thinking in this area." A reporter asked why Dirksen voted for Barry Goldwater, and the Senator boomed happily, "Well, because I wanted...
...Step. This week Scranton planned a second assault on Illinois. No matter what Ev Dirksen might say about polls, Scranton figured that he had some new ammunition in a state wide survey calculated to create second thoughts among delegates. According to Scranton, Illinois Republican and independent voters preferred Scranton over Goldwater, 65% to 35%. Moreover, when the two men were matched against Lyndon Johnson, the same voters picked Johnson over Goldwater, 38% to 25% (37% were undecided), while they favored Scranton over Johnson, 33% to 24% (43% were undecided). This was one of the first times since Lyndon took office...
...Earlier polls had shown that one of Scranton's greatest handicaps was that he was not broadly known across the U.S. But this week Gallup released the results of a new poll that demonstrated how dramatically the Scranton campaign has changed that picture. Gallup reported that rank-and-file Republicans now prefer Scranton over Goldwater, 55% to 34%. Just as significantly, among independent voters-and the G.O.P. will need plenty of them to defeat Johnson-Scranton is preferred by 62% to Goldwater...