Word: polling
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...pull a Truman against a formidable opponent with a well-defined appeal, his problem is not simply that he projects an image of faltering leadership: the party he is trying to lead is itself in trouble. In Congress, the days of comfortable Democratic majorities may be past. A July poll showed the public favoring Republican congressional candidates over Democrats for the first time since 1952, 47% to 43%. The Democratic majority of 116 in the House could easily be reduced by 30 to 50 seats, and some Democratic leaders are afraid that a landslide Reagan victory might even cost them...
...committee." Sure enough, there is a sign propped up on the side of Harrow's table which depict a man bellowing, "Call for an Open Convention. "Harrow is quick to add that he is not formally employed by Williams. The neatly dressed old man will take his poll--which actually does not mention open convention, but merely asks which candidate the respondent would like to see on the Democratic ticket--to the open convention folks "to do with as they like. I'm just trying to help...
...poll show Kennedy with a big lead. Obviously, people who see my sign and come over will most likely be Kennedy people...Myself? I'm really for an open convention, and I think a Muskie/Jackson ticket would be the strongest... You can see that people don't want Carter. People are damned angry. Look at Miami and Chatanooga. The poor and the minorities want someone they can hang their hat on. They would be happy with a Muskie/Jackson ticket...
...What is this a poll for?" asks a woman with a small girl dangling from...
...know all this? Because I and 106,000 women like me (we're mostly single working women between the ages of 18 and 35) responded to a sex poll in my favorite magazine. The results will be out next month, and then we'll know positively everything about ourselves...