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...starting positions in the 1952 presidential race were established this week, as well as they will ever be established, by Pollster George Gallup. In his first post-convention poll, Gallup asked: "If the presidential election were being held today, which political party would you like to see win . . . ?" The results...
...Sensitive Test. As the first divorced presidential nominee (of a major party) in U.S. history, Stevenson will face an issue never raised before. Last May, Pollster George Gallup took a reading on the question. Results: 81% of those interviewed said they would vote for a qualified candidate for President even if he were divorced; 14% said they would not. (At the same time, another Gallup poll showed that 70% said they would vote for a military man; 25% said they would...
Some support for Mr. Gallup's finding appeared last week in Chicago among politicians who could be considered highly sensitive to the divorce issue. At a caucus of the Massachusetts delegation, predominantly Roman Catholic, one delegate brought up the divorce question. Another said Stevenson couldn't be blamed for the divorce, because his wife divorced him. Said the delegate: "Hell, half of our wives would divorce us if they could." A roar of laughter swept the caucus room. On the third ballot, Massachusetts cast 25 of its 36 votes for divorced Adlai Stevenson...
...cover; 3) he made a good speech in New York to the National Urban League. The New York Times's Arthur Krock called it "Stevenson Week." In spite of this, and much subsequent publicity, Stevenson trailed far behind Kefauver and Eisenhower (but 1% ahead of Taft) in Gallup polls. Last week a lot of people were still asking, "Who's Stevenson...
...pols well know, polls have been wrong. But they have been right far more often. And the Gallup poll has never been anywhere near so wrong as this one would be if Taft were, in fact, as strong a Republican figure...