Word: polling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...World War II. The office-hungry Labor Party had only 20 days in which to wrest the government away from Sir Anthony Eden's Conservatives. The challengers went into the fight as underdogs, but only slightly under (by 1%, according to the week's News Chronicle Gallup poll). Their leaders wore chipper fronts, but in private were far from optimistic. "I shall enjoy every minute of it," promised old (72) but spry Party Leader Clement Attlee, as he plunged into his tenth election campaign...
Most undergraduates are strongly interested in religion and religious questions, but this interest comes less from organized religious groups than from the University atmosphere, a Student Council poll has revealed...
...Commons, from their present 19 to perhaps 100 seats, the Tories are by no means a shoo-in. As ex-Prime Minister Churchill hurried back (troubled with a slight cold) from a rainy Sicilian vacation to stand at his successor's side, the News Chronicle's Gallup poll showed a 3½% decline in Tory strength, and the Tories now leading Labor by a mere...
...governing Board of Visitors had ordered him to put tighter regulations into effect next fall. The new rules: no beer on campus, chaperons for every fraternity party, closer administrative control of student publications. Last week the students made public their answer to ship's discipline. In a special poll of the 1,700 undergraduates, more than half of the 1,165 answering indicated they would like to transfer to another college; 77% said that as future alumni they would refuse to contribute money to their alma mater; 72% would not recommend the college to prospective students...
Before making its recommendation, the Cabinet conducted a poll of 200 Association members to obtain their opinions on what affect the installation of religious groups in the House would have on PBH. Of those answering, 45 percent said ft would be beneficial, 35 percent said they would have no effect, and 20 percent thought they would be harmful...