Word: survey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...survey of House Committee chairmen yesterday showed that residents of the Quad are asked to pay House dues while students at River House...
...issue was impressive. There was a terrific article about who was doing the best job covering Carter, entitled "The Best Crystal Balls on the Bus." In a survey of bizarre editorial writing, More came across the Philadelphia Daily News's Richard Aregood, who plugs away at strange causes in an extremely eye-catching way. The seeming abundance of Jews in the media was explored. The magazine was littered with loot, almost as if More's editors had collected little gems for the past few years and decided all at once to show us their splendid collection...
...percentage points to 45%, while his backing among Protestants has remained almost unchanged at 42%. He has picked up strength among nonwhites, 71% of whom now favor him, v. 66% in August. But only 39% of the white voters prefer him, down from 44% in the previous survey...
Carter's strengths among his supporters continue to be the desire for a change (83%), a feeling that he will be effective at getting things done (64%) and the promise that he offers a fresh start (60%). The survey also turned up some evidence that Carter's support may be hardening while Ford's is softening. Since the August survey, the proportion of Carter supporters with some doubts about him has dropped 3 points, to 49%; at the same time, the percentage of Ford backers with doubts about him has risen 7 points...
Americans have not been so turned off by a presidential election since 1948, when only 51.1% of the people of voting age went to the polls. According to the Yankelovich survey, 61% of the voters say they have little enthusiasm for either Carter or Ford. At the same time, voter registration is stagnating or declining in every region except the South, where people are excited about a presidential candidate from Dixie. Despite drives to sign up new voters, the registration totals, compared with 1972 figures, are expected to drop by well over 1 million people in New York...