Word: polling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...speech originally was scheduled as a routine appeal to get out the vote. He was persuaded to let out the political stops by G.O.P. bigwigs, who were in and out of Denver all week with doleful reports of Republican chances. Their pessimism was backed by a Gallup poll, which indicated that, outside the South, Republican congressional candidates hold only a 51% to 49% lead-and a 55% G.O.P. vote outside the South is considered necessary for control of Congress. The day of his speech Ike spent long hours going over campaign strategy with top Republicans, who had been summoned...
There was some doubt about how much all the fuss was worth in terms of political value. A recent survey, conducted under Republican auspices, showed Homer Ferguson ahead of McNamara by 65% to 35%, with Governor Williams leading Republican Leonard by 60% to 40%. If the poll was close to accurate-and many observers thought it was-no amount of campaigning could make up the difference...
...despite the cheers there was an underlying tension. Nearly all those assembled at Blackpool and. according to a new Gallup poll, nearly half of all Tory voters, feel that Winston Churchill should retire. In the months before the conference, Sir Winston twice set a date for retirement, twice put it off. Two weeks ago, he suggested that Eden should leave the Foreign Office and become Deputy Prime Minister, where he could acquaint himself with domestic problems. As an inducement, he even offered Eden the use of Chequers, the Prime Minister's country residence (which Churchill has never liked...
...gauge whether organized labor and its endorsed political candidates were talking the right language to the voters, the C.I.O. had a poll taken in eight key states: California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon and Pennsylvania. Last week the results, in eight volumes, were carefully locked up in C.I.O. international headquarters in Washington. Among the findings...
...Senate place vacated by Democrat Edwin Johnson, who is running for governor. As of last week Democratic Candidate John Carroll, 53, a onetime cop and fingerprint expert, now a lawyer, appeared to be holding on to a lead of about 5 to 3 (as indicated by a recent poll) over Lieutenant Governor Gordon Allott, 47, the G.O.P. senatorial nominee...