Word: surveyers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reason for the candidates' caution was clear: although the polls continue to give Carter an edge, it is extremely narrow. A new TIME-Yankelovich survey for Oct. 16 to 19, updated after the debate, showed Carter leading the incumbent by 4%-48% to 44%, with 8% still undecided. Before the debate, the figures had been 45% for Carter, 42% for Ford, with 13% undecided. The Harris/ABC poll had precisely the same pre-debate spread between the two major candidates-45% to 42% for Carter, with 5% for Independent Candidate Eugene McCarthy, 1% for Lester Maddox and 7% undecided...
...debate probably did not persuade many voters to switch from one candidate to the other. Most surveys, however, gave Carter the edge in the final confrontation. In a snap poll by Yankelovich, 33% rated Carter the winner, 26% Ford, and 41% called it a tossup. A Roper survey for the Public Broadcast Service showed Carter the clear winner by 40% to 29%, with 31% viewing the encounter as a standoff. On the other hand, an Associated Press telephone sample of 1,027 voters gave Ford the victory, 35.5% to 33%. The A.P. sample also gave Ford the edge over Carter...
...telephone survey, which was conducted from Oct. 16 to Oct. 19, of 1,578 registered voters showed Carter leading Ford by 45% to 42%, with 13% of the voters undecided...
...debate apparently helped many of the undecided voters to make up their minds about the candidates. Two out of three people interviewed in the second survey had watched the debate; they backed Carter by 49% to 45%, with only 6% undecided. When those polled were asked who won the debate, 33% said Carter, 26% said Ford, and 41% called it a draw. Reflecting the closeness of the debate, voters with an opinion of who won were almost equally impressed with the personalities that the candidates displayed during the debate, the stands they took on the issues...
...find candidates for her survey, Hite advertised the availability of the questionnaire in feminist circles, church newsletters, the Village Voice and several magazines, including Oui, Brides and Mademoiselle. Though the respon dents are from 49 states, they tend to be liberal and Eastern...