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...help answer this question, TIME commissioned a special poll by Yankelovich, Skelly & White, Inc. The results indicate that a great many Americans have reservations about the Reagan Administration's policies toward the Soviet Union. Although most of them approve of the President's assertive use of U.S. power, 60% say they worry a lot about "the possibility of nuclear war." To expand on the poll, TIME correspondents and stringers in 28 U.S. cities questioned a random sampling of people-not experts, just ordinary people-to see what lay behind their views and how those views had changed during...
These are the main findings that emerge from a public opinion poll conducted for TIME by Yankelovich, Skelly & White, Inc.* The responses are sometimes contradictory, for they are the views of a people divided over how best to confront the ominous changes in the relations between East and West. Overall, the emphasis is on making a greater effort for peace...
...accept some of the blame for the misunderstandings that have plagued U.S.-Soviet relations." In assessing Reagan's handling of various problems, only 26% credit him with doing a good job on avoiding war. That is his lowest rating on any major issue. Says Opinion Analyst Daniel Yankelovich: "Reagan has proved that he can be tough, but he has not yet proved that he can be a peacemaker. It is unlikely that this issue will escape bitter and partisan debate in an election year...
...year ago. In fact, the country's mood is better than at any other time in the past six years. Nonetheless, the number of those who say that they feel "a lot of confidence in the future" (35%) has remained virtually unchanged all year. Public Opinion Analyst Daniel Yankelovich says that most Americans have still not regained the innate optimism that marked the 1950s and early...
...upbeat mood about the economy could be seen in the results of a new public opinion poll conducted for TIME by Yankelovich, Skelly and White. While inflation and unemployment remain the uppermost economic problems in the minds of voters, Americans now give President Reagan credit for making progress on both issues. A strong 69% of those polled approved Reagan's handling of inflation, while 50% credited him with doing a good job dealing with unemployment. Those are large increases from just three months ago, when only 58% of those questioned thought Reagan was fighting inflation effectively, and a mere...