Word: polled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...response to queries about the accuracy of the CRIMSON Poll on the draft and the Vietnam war, the following explanations may help clarify the issue...
...most basic objection to the poll is that the questionnaire reached only 43 per cent of the class. People who filled out the poll, the argument continues, were more highly motivated to get their answers recorded than those who did not bother to answer the questions. Therefore, the logic concludes, most of the people who are against the war had their answers tabulated, while the "silent middle"--the 57 per cent who weren't polled--are probably a good deal more conservative. The poll was therefore not representative of the class...
...Laird also backed Goldwater in 1964, and is not committed to any candidate this year. As chairman of the House Republican Conference, Laird said, his principal concern was which presidential nominee could help elect the most Republican Congressmen. Laird thinks Rockefeller is that man; and the latest Louis Harris poll, matching Rockefeller, Nixon, Romney and Ronald Reagan against Lyndon Johnson, supports Laird's view. The survey found Rockefeller and Johnson tied. Nixon trailed by nine points, Romney by 13 and Reagan by 14. But, warned Laird, Rockefeller cannot afford to wait until the convention, because unless he stops Nixon...
Last week's Louis Harris Poll showed Johnson beating or tying all the Republican prospects, whereas two months earlier he trailed them all. Most Democratic leaders believe that the G.O.P.'s strongest candidate would be Nelson Rockefeller, but that the party will not nominate him. If Nixon gets the nod, which now seems likely, they think that will be a boost for Johnson...
Because a number of college students find the war and the SSS opposed to their values, the "we-won't go" reaction is becoming more wide-spread. A recent Crimson poll of the Harvard senior class revealed that roughly a quarter of the seniors would go to jail or leave the country, if all other alternatives failed, rather than fight in the present war. Finally, the "resistance" reaction makes it clear that many have decided that the time to say no is now. The hundreds of cards which have been turned in or burned signify not only unwillingness to fight...