Word: surveying
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...News said its nationwide survey completedSaturday night showed the vice president with alead of 48 percent to 43 percent--an improvementover two weeks ago. The network said a very high21 percent of the voters are "undecided or maystill change their minds...
...year ago, voters viewed the Democrats as more effective than the Republicans on some of the critical issues of peace and prosperity. But that advantage, according to a TIME poll last week, has all but dissipated. Even where the electorate still judges the Democrats favorably, Dukakis hardly benefits. The survey conducted by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman renders a harsh verdict on the Massachusetts Governor. Although the Democratic Party still commands more voter allegiance than the G.O.P. and although Bush remains weighed down with heavy negative baggage, Dukakis enters the campaign's final week struggling to prove himself plausible as President...
...question of which party would better keep the country "strong and prosperous," a slight Republican advantage of 6 points among registered voters in October 1987 has doubled. A smaller but more critical group in the survey -- those likely to vote next Tuesday -- split almost evenly on the visceral question of "which party most often acts in your interest": 44% choose the Democrats vs. 41% for the G.O.P. Yet when the question shifts from the parties to the candidates, Bush gets a slight plurality (42% vs. 40%) as the one who would better "look out for people like yourself." Further...
Voters remain unenthusiastic, to say the least, about both candidates. The "aginner" faction -- those who say they are motivated by hostility to the other ticket -- has grown since TIME's September survey. Further, the electorate still yearns for other options: 43% of Republicans say they would prefer a different candidate; 65% of Democrats are dissatisfied with Dukakis. It comes as cold consolation to Dukakis that fewer voters consider him a negative campaigner (31% vs. 41% for Bush). Similarly, 62% disbelieve Bush's pledge not to raise taxes, and the same percentage think that as President he would favor the wealthy...
GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM 1915-1925, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A survey of war-weary "second generation" expressionists, forging an avant-garde in search of a new art and a better society. Through...