Word: polling
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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When the Democratic Convention opened in Chicago, the Gallup Poll stood: President Roosevelt, 53%; Wendell Willkie, 47%. Another Gallup Poll taken in New York State before Convention's end gave New York to Willkie, 51%-to-49%. A week later Pennsylvania (where Dr. Gallup had previously found a growing Democratic sentiment) shifted: Willkie, 52%; Roosevelt...
Last week a FORTUNE Poll, taken between the Republican and Democratic Conventions, reported some of the most sensational reversals in public opinion to date, indicated that President Roosevelt would carry little outside the Solid South (see col. 3) if the election were held immediately after the Conventions. Salient FORTUNE findings...
...down before the bombs and tank treads of Adolf Hitler's army, many a U. S. citizen realized for the first time that Dutch and French possessions in the Caribbean were strategic outposts of the U. S. defenses (see map supplement opposite p. 32). This week a Gallup poll showed that the average citizen had not only appraised the importance of the Caribbean, but had made up his mind what to do about...
...poll question was: "If Germany defeats England, should the U. S. take immediate possession of the English, French and Dutch territories in the area of the Panama Canal?" The answers...
News that Nominee Willkie heard with less indifference was a Gallup poll which found that he was already running close to Roosevelt in popularity. To the question, "If President Roosevelt runs for a third term . . . against Wendell Willkie . . . how would you vote?" 53% said Roosevelt, 47% Willkie...