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...relief of many, what is also finally on the increase is the feeling among Americans that enough is enough. A TIME/CNN poll conducted by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman last week found that 86% of those interviewed believe crime is getting worse and 84% think violence resulting from the use of guns is becoming a bigger problem. Fully 57% worry about becoming victims, 22% say they or members of their families have been threatened by someone with a gun, and 30% are so fearful of being assaulted on the street that they would just as soon carry a gun themselves. An overwhelming...
...necessary spotlights Quayle's greatest difficulty. In his own words, delivered during an NBC television interview last week, he is still "a huge question mark" in the public's mind. That is putting it mildly: to many people the campaign image of an intellectual lightweight stubbornly lingers. In a Yankelovich Clancy Shulman poll taken for TIME before the Inauguration, half of those questioned had no particular impression of Quayle, and 30% viewed him unfavorably. Asked if Quayle is qualified to assume the presidency, 52% said no and only 30% said yes -- a poorer ratio than the negative vote he drew...
...medicine. Americans hold this view even though they pay an average of only 92.6 cents per gal., including all taxes, which is one of the lowest levels in the world -- and below 1950 prices after inflation is deducted. In a TIME survey conducted last week by the opinion firm Yankelovich Clancy Shulman, nearly three-quarters of those polled said they opposed any tax boost to reduce the budget deficit. A nearly equal number acknowledged, however, that an increase seemed likely during the Bush Administration. When asked which tax they would rather see raised if an increase was necessary, 26% favored...
From a telephone poll of 1,012 adult Americans taken for TIME on Jan. 9-10 by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman. Sampling error is plus or minus...
Bush's Lukewarm Welcome Though every new President gets something of a honeymoon with his constituency, George Bush's debut as Chief Executive will be marked more by cool realism than by warm affection. The TIME/CNN survey conducted by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman last week showed that the dearth of popular enthusiasm that dogged Campaign '88 has persisted. Now it focuses on Bush and Dan Quayle...