Word: polling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...example, Stanford--a university which finished first in the same poll for a few years--was not even mentioned in the top five. Falling from first to sixth place is too far to drop in just a few semesters--was it the decline of the school's Western Civilization courses or just a heightened earthquake scare...
Perhaps U.S. News and World Report--affectionately known as U.S. Snooze and World Distort to many readers--shouldn't throw stones. Where would it finish in a survey of the best news magazines? Probably no better than where Harvard finished in its poll, and likely worse...
...poll released yesterday suggested that the debate would give Quayle a chance to overcome some of the negative images about him that are driving undecided voters away from Bush...
...News-New York Times poll of 1034 probable voters found 48 percent support for the Bush-Quayle ticket and 46 percent for the Dukakis-Bentsen ticket. But when voters were asked about their presidential preference only, the support for Dukakis slipped to 43 percent...
...poll, conducted Saturday through Monday, had a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points...