Word: polling
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...does indeed. Following the summit talks, Carter learned from a New York Times-CBS News Poll that only 20% of the American people approve of his conduct of foreign policy, the worst rating of his presidency. In addition, the poll found that Ronald Reagan was running ahead of him as the voters' choice for President, 47% to 37%, the Republican's largest margin to date...
...have every reason for their skepticism," says Dieter Buhl, who writes on U.S. affairs for Hamburg's influential Die Zeit. "Galloping inflation and record interest rates undermine their standard of living, which has been stagnating for years." Should West Germany be more independent of the U.S.? asked one poll. Yes, said 49% about the nation that once fed and still defends them...
...though battered by the deepening recession, had won 24 primaries to Kennedy's ten. Carter had collected 1,964 delegates, 298 more than he needs for a first-ballot nomination at the Democratic National Convention in August and 725 more than Kennedy's total. The latest Gallup poll showed that 60% of the Democrats, however reluctantly, preferred Carter to Kennedy as their nominee for President. But when the Senator emerged 54 minutes later from the Oval Office, he declared with a broad smile that the struggle was not over. "I have every intention of continuing in this campaign...
...Associated Press-NBC News poll taken after the Miami riot found that 53% of Americans fear that there will be more racial riots in other cities this summer. At the same time, 84% of the whites thought blacks were better off now than ten years ago. But they are wrong, and that is precisely the point; it is the key factor underlying the growing frustration in the ghetto. Despite the programs that raised so much hope, despite the brave talk by politicians about rescuing the cities, despite the thousands of success stories that seem to prove the contrary, urban blacks...
...Gallup poll has found that teacher laziness and lack of interest are the most frequent accusations of half the nation's parents, who complain that students get "less schoolwork" now than 20 years ago. Whether the parent perceptions are fair or not, there is no doubt that circumstances have certainly changed some teacher attitudes. At a Miami senior high school this spring, one social studies teacher asked his pupils whether their homework was completed. Half the students said no. The teacher recorded their answers in his gradebook but never bothered to collect the papers. Says the teacher...