Word: pollstering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Journal poll was done Friday through Sunday, and NBC pollster Laurily Epstein said it could have missed some movement back to Dukakis on Monday after a big swing to Bush following Thursday's presidential debate...
According to further polling information released by KRC pollster Gerry Chervinsky, Dukakis is not only failing to attract as many Independent voters as Bush, but he is also finding it difficult to protect his base of support. Among respondents identifying themselves as Democrats, Dukakis maintained a lead of 64 to 24 percent. Republican voters, however, stayed loyal to their nomineee by a much larger margin of 82 to 6 percent. Among independents, Bush maintained a slight edge over the Governor of 38 to 34 percent...
...most of the campaign, Dukakis has failed to convey his economic message in vivid, kitchen-table terms. "He needs to make it more of a statement of principle," says Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg. "When he gets done speaking, voters have to think, 'That's what this election is all about.' Time is very short, but there is some time." Last week, juiced up by his favorable debate reviews, Dukakis waged class warfare with more gusto than he usually displays. He belabored Bush repeatedly for ignoring the concerns of ordinary families as they try to educate their young, care for their...
...structure is more formal at Bush headquarters, where Baker's authority $ is explicit as well as implicit. At 7:30 each morning, seated around the conference table in Baker's office are roughly the same seven or eight key people, including Atwater, TV guru Roger Ailes, pollster Robert Teeter and chief of staff Craig Fuller. "What's the line of the day?" is Baker's invariable call to order -- and that question perfectly encapsulates the bumper-sticker mind-set that dominates both campaigns. Teeter provides the initial answer, usually based on his latest polling. The mood is virtually always...
...traditional explanation for both the volatility of polls and the evident mood of disconnection is that most voters simply do not pay much attention to the campaign until Labor Day. This year, Democratic Pollster Paul Maslin points out, that effect is compounded because "no incumbent is running and because attitudes about Bush and Dukakis are so weakly held...