Word: pollstering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...billion was cut from the federal food stamp program. Women and children are 85% of the recipients. "The feminization of poverty" is a powerful catch phrase. It may haunt Reagan. "You can talk about the importance of union members, or the importance of blacks," says University of Michigan Pollster Michael Traugott. "But none of these groups compare in size to adult females...
...vote for Reagan." In Ohio, fully one-third of the voters in the Democratic primary told TV network exit pollers the same thing. In North Carolina, the exit polls anticipated a defection rate from Mondale that was even higher: 40%. A yet-to-be-released survey by Atlanta-based Pollster Claibourne Darden indicates that 70% of the voters who went with Hart in nine Southern states would vote for Reagan in November if Mondale wins the nomination...
...many whites say they admire him. In New York, where he polled only 7% of the white vote, Jackson was seen as an "attractive, forceful leader" by two out of three voters, a higher positive rating than given to either Hart or Mondale, according to a Harris poll. Said Pollster Louis Harris: "Jackson might be President if he were white...
...daring political experts were even ready to consider Hart's chances for the nomination hopeless. "The impulse that gave rise to Gary Hart is as strong and powerful as ever," contends Pollster Daniel Yankelovich. "But the man didn't live up to the urge. He represented a wish, a gesture of hope, but the sober appraisal of the voters is that he is not ready. There is no reason to believe this race will turn yet again." Declares veteran Democratic Strategist Ted Van Dyk, head of a Washington-based think tank: "Hart shattered his image. Suddenly...
...most regions, Reagan now looks strong. His pollster Richard Wirthlin records a healthy job-approval rating of 60%. But White House strategists are not complacent. They are concerned that the bruising combat on the primary trail might actually get Mondale into prime fighting form while the President might lose his edge from lack of practice. Even more worrisome is that the home builders might be right in their fears about the economy. "If the economy goes belly up, so do we," says a top aide. "It's just that simple...