Word: polling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...poll taken by Historian Arthur Schlesinger Sr. in 1962, 75 prominent "students of American history" were asked to rate the Presidents. Eisenhower received a low "average" rating, ranking 22nd among the first 34, just above Andrew Johnson. Today he would probably receive a higher mark. The staff system he brought to the White House, for example?a target of ridicule in the late '50s and early '60s?is now seen as his valuable addition to the presidency. No President since World war II had been more resistant to the demands of the military than General Eisenhower. "We must guard...
...Harris poll last year recorded that 92% of black students, including the most militant, still favor integration. Separatism is perhaps a demand for the creation of an Africa of the mind more than a bid for a geographical republic. If literally fulfilled, black nationalism might be disastrous. Negroes are beginning to realize that even the admirable notion of black capitalism is futile unless joined to white capitalism, to the U.S. economy outside the ghettos. In totally black communities, rival factions and black Mafias would reduce Negroes to a reduplicated subservience, leaving them at the mercy not only of white prejudice...
...Capitol Hill, the debate was obviously going to continue for weeks. An Associated Press poll last week showed 44 Senators against ABM and 35 for it, with 21 undecided. Thus the ultimate resolution seems as uncertain as the prospect of any meeting of minds...
Better Harold than Ted. British domestic policy under Wilson is not proceeding much better. A Gallup poll released last week found that 59% of voters disapprove of Wilson's government v. only 22% who approve. Most of the disapproval centers around domestic policies: 84% were unhappy over the rising cost of living. A strike by 38,500 workers against Ford Motor Co. was settled last week, but the 24-day work stoppage cost Britain $60 million in exports. Wilson himself has called the union walkout irresponsible. He is furious because the loss will have to be recouped by tightening...
...Prime Minister, the darkening clouds of political discontent have a silver lining of sorts. More than half those questioned in the Gallup poll are ready to turn Labor out. At the same time, the survey showed that there is even less enthusiasm for Conservative Leader Ted Heath than for Harold Wilson. Until a better candidate turns up, being the lesser of two evils is politically advantageous, however uncomplimentary...