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...Carter acknowledged, "mine is one of the lonely voices." It certainly seemed to be; polls indicated that the military strike against Libya was about as popular with the American public as any action Reagan has ever taken. An overwhelming 71% of 1,007 adults polled for TIME by Yankelovich/ Clancy, Shulman last week approved the strike, vs. only 20% who disapproved and 9% who were not sure. Some 60% went further to agree with the statement that the raids "made me feel proud to be an American...
...poll taken last month for TIME by Yankelovich, Skelly & White, Inc., shows that 79% of Americans say that "not enough" has been done to clean up toxic-waste sites. More surprising, when asked, "Would you be willing to pay higher state and local taxes to fund cleanup programs in your area," 64% answered yes (34% said no, 2% were unsure...
...thing, it is by no means certain that public opinion is so strongly anti-import as many legislators thought. On the contrary, national polls show sharp divisions and no small confusion. In the latest survey for TIME, taken by Yankelovich, Skelly & White, Inc. two weeks ago, majorities agreed with both these propositions: "We would all be better off if there were fewer restrictions on international trade because prices would be lower" (54% said yes), and "We should stop importing foreign products into the U.S. when these imports cause Americans to lose their jobs" (59% agreed). When asked if imports should...
...groups traditionally associated with the Democrats, including blue-collar families and the young, seemed to indicate that Reagan might be forging a new Republican majority, much as Franklin D. Roosevelt had done for the Democrats in the early days of the New Deal. A survey conducted for TIME by Yankelovich, Skelly & White suggests that nothing quite that epochal has occurred in the wake of the Reagan victory.* But the poll did reveal a continuation of a decade-long trend of growing voter identification with the G.O.P. at the expense of the Democratic Party, as well as some more recent Republican...
...years that Yankelovich has been surveying party preferences, voter identification with the Democratic Party has slipped from 51% to 44%, while Republicans have gone up from 22% to 31%. Although many voters have shown independence at the ballot box in recent years, the number who label themselves independents has actually decreased from 23% in 1979 to 17% today...