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...many this will seem like political hari-kari, or cutting off one's own egghead. If Mr. Stevenson should become President this year, however, his literary activity could bring a new dimension into politics. One can envision future campaigns in which best-seller lists carry more weight than Gallup polls, and during which the Senate might be appalled to discover that political interests have been distributing $2,000 "gifts" to various book reviewers...
Last week the Gallup poll announced a remarkable answer to that question. Pitting Eisenhower against Stevenson in 13 Southern states,* Gallup found that 56% like Ike. 40% are for Stevenson and 4% are undecided. Eisenhower's percentage was a big gain over his vote in 1952. It was also well above the biggest popular vote that a G.O.P. candidate for President ever got in the South: Herbert Hoover's 52% over Al Smith...
Last week, Gallup announced the results of his path-pointing poll, which turned on three key political questions...
...counsel. Said he: "I could devoutly wish that there were some method by which the American people could, under the circumstances, point out the path of my true duty. But it appears that this is a question that first I alone must answer." Undeterred by the "but," Pollster George Gallup saw his own duty, and set out to satisfy the President's yearning...
...approve or disapprove of the way Eisenhower is handling his job as President?'' Results: approve, 77%; disapprove, 13%; no opinion, 10%. This was the second highest rating (highest: 79% after the Summit conference last August; lowest: 57% after the 1954 congressional elections) that the Gallup poll had recorded for Dwight Eisenhower since he became President...