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...fretting is prudent in the unpredictable arena of primary politics, but it is probably unwarranted. A new nationwide poll of Democrats and independents taken for TIME by Yankelovich, Skelly & White, Inc. shows that Mondale is still on a roll. Last December his lead over John Glenn was 34% to 18%; now it has jumped to 50% to 18%, a leap of 16 percentage points. Worse yet for Glenn and the other candidates is that the undecided vote has fallen from 26% to 14% in that period, with most of those who made up their minds apparently choosing Mondale. Perhaps wishfully...
...camps of the underdog candidates have long argued that if people only knew more about their men, Walter Mondale's lead would dwindle. Not so, according to a poll done for TIME by Yankelovich, Skelly & White, Inc.* Between December and February, the number of undecided Democratic and independent voters declined from 26% to 14%. Those who said they would vote for Mondale increased from 34% to 50%, while no other candidate gained more than 1 point...
That was the main finding of a new poll conducted for TIME by Yankelovich, Skelly & White. The survey of 1,000 registered voters, taken from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, found that nearly 90% view the deficits as a serious economic problem. Even more, 95%, consider Congress to be responsible for the present and projected budget gaps, while 87% blame President Reagan...
...public is clearly concerned about the future of the economy. Yankelovich found that 52% believe the recovery that got under way just over a year ago will prove to be temporary. Only 40%, on the other hand, said they expect the economic improvement to last...
...Glenn to 33% for Mondale) to December underdog (29% to 43%). Between October and December in Iowa, which holds delegate-selection caucuses next month, polls show that Glenn's support slipped from 27% to 20% despite eight trips through the state.. Similarly, TIME'S Yankelovich poll found Glenn and Mondale running almost even early last fall, but by December showed Mondale with nearly a 2-to-l lead...