Word: polling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...even know that Berlin is surrounded by Communist East Germany), but there is clear agreement that the U.S. must stand fast against Russian threats. The U.S. is no more disposed to retreat from Berlin than it was during the 1948 airlift. At that time, the Gallup poll reported that 80% thought the U.S. should remain. Last week a Gallup poll showed an almost identical result: 81% favored a strong stand "even at the risk of war"; only 11% wanted to pull out while 8% had no opinion. What the voters told the first returning Congressmen confirmed the poll. In Boston...
...assumption is that the farmer wants handouts, handouts and more handouts. Yet anyone who takes the trouble to ask the farmer himself is likely to get some startlingly different answers. Last week the big (circ. 3,100,000) Farm Journal announced the most remarkable results yet of a farm poll. The Journal asked its subscribers to vote on whether they wanted 1) more support, 2) less support, or 3) no support at all. Results: of the first 10,000 replies, fully 78% were for lower supports and fewer controls. Of these, 55% wanted the Government to get clear...
...many Freshmen are applying to Quincy as had been expected, a CRIMSON poll revealed yesterday. Only 29 per cent of the 700 Freshmen who were polled listed Quincy as their first choice...
...poll showed that a reshuffling of House popularity rankings has taken place this year. Eliot dropped from first to third place, while Adams moved up from fourth to second...
Recently, the State Department sent a squad of informal poll takers padding through the marble corridors of the House and Senate Office Buildings. Results of the poll: little or no objection to the quota system...