Word: polls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Fraser said he thought the labor movement belonged in the "vanguard" of society. He alluded to a Harris poll in which "labor finished just above the used car salsesman," in terms of public trust...
Carter had definitely staged a comeback since his summer of discontent. The turnaround was perhaps not quite so dramatic as the White House thought, but nonetheless was substantial enough. The President had reversed his standing in an Associated Press-NBC poll, which two months ago showed that only 38% of the public wanted him to run for re-election and that half the people did not want him even to try. A similar survey last week indicated that 50% of the public think he should run again and only 38% are opposed. Explains Investment Banker Nimrod Frazer, a Democratic fund...
...They tried to do it in '71. They tried in '75, I was elected both times." Still, the city's black voters have grown to 34% of the total electorate, and even Rizzo realizes that he faces an uphill battle. The most recent Gallup poll has him trailing nearly 2 to 1. But the mayor is confident. Said he: "We're going to win by 50,000. Philadelphia wouldn't be the same without Frank Rizzo...
While hostility from some servicemen seems unabating, a recent poll indicated that two-thirds of the men at Pendleton felt perfectly comfortable with the opposite sex serving on the base. Observes Corporal Smith: "When they get to know you, the men are nice. Those in our barracks look out for us." There also appears to be a growing respect for women's martial abilities. Private David Fisher, 19, a member of Shirley's platoon, confesses: "I felt that this was no place for girls. But after they outshot me on the firing range, I changed my mind...
...there is evidence on the other side as well. One of the year's most widely denounced Supreme Court rulings-Zurcher vs. Stanford Daily-which authorized some police searches of newsrooms, has apparently not touched off the feared wave of such raids. In addition, a Gallup poll this month indicates that Americans support a reporter's right to protect confidential sources by a margin of 3 to 1, more than in similar surveys in 1972 and 1973. Still, more and more lawyers are using subpoenas of reporters as gambits in criminal trials. "They may even think they have...