Word: pollster
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Existing Subtext. "The basic rap against Biden," explains Democratic Pollster Geoff Garin, "is that he's a candidate of style, not substance...
...unending barrage of reports criticizing various deficiencies in American schools. Last week a report by the Committee for Economic Development, a business and academic group, stressed improvement in education as a key to restoring U.S. industry's ability to match foreign competition. In the view of Democratic Pollster Stanley Greenberg, many voters consider a candidate's stand on all issues affecting children, prominently including education, to be a symbol of how he will deal with "their concerns about sea changes in the modern family and in the American economy...
...lawyers. Jill Biden and Kitty Dukakis both teach. Tipper Gore is a published author. Dole, whom some see as a future presidential contender in her own right, has the most vexing dilemma of all. "I think there is a sense that her choice will send a signal," says Republican Pollster Linda Duvall. "Until now, we've never seen a situation where the wife is just as professionally credible as the husband...
...Radicals tried to downplay the resurgence of the blue collar-based Peronist movement. "We knew it was coming," said Edgardo Catterberg, a party pollster. "There was a national sense of unfulfilled expectations." At issue was the government's handling of the economy. Inflation, which was running in the single digits two years ago, is now nearly 14%. Alfonsin's determination to make regular interest payments on Argentina's $54 billion foreign debt also continues to stir controversy. Addressing a business group late in the week, he cautioned, "We have lost the elections, but the tree has not fallen...
...admiral's tale too tall to be credible. Polls showed that a majority of Americans still believe the President was lying when he claimed he did not know about this diversion. "For the first time probably in his whole career, his integrity has been brought into question," conceded his pollster, Richard Wirthlin. "That troubles him and frustrates...