Word: polled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...following represents the most important results of the CRIMSON Draft Poll in capsulized form. Approximately 43 per cent of the senior class--529 students--answered the questionaire...
...poll, which was available to seniors in House dining halls for three days in December, asked questions about student attitudes on the draft and the war in Vietnam...
Among those polled 94 per cent--478 students--disapproved of U.S. policy in Vietnam while only 6 per cent--31 students endorsed LBJ's policy. The classic reproach to this kind of statistic is that many of the students who disapprove of U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam might do so on the grounds that the military effort should be increased. Not so. The poll reveals that only 1 per cent--six students--felt that "the military effort should be increased." The other 99 per cent are split as follows: 19 per cent--89 students--feel that "the military effort should...
ABOUT THE POLL...
...queries on the draft and the war was administered to seniors in House dining halls during three consecutive days in mid-December. Each student, as he entered the lobby, was asked if he was a senior. If he admitted that he was, he was requested to fill out the poll--his name was checked off a master list in order to prevent repeats. No more than ten students in all of the Houses refused to fill out the questionnaire. Michael Useem 2G computed the poll; it was written and directed by James E. Shapiro...