Word: polling
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...recent polls, public dissatisfaction with Thatcher's performance has risen to 55%. Still, Political Analyst Robert Worcester contends that "she has come through this year reasonably well. She has taken on a tough assignment, squared up to it and bulled ahead." Surprisingly, the polls showed a gain for the government after the stringent March budget, which slashed public programs and upped excise taxes on prescription medicines and beer. The poll result suggested that Thatcher's message is getting through to the public...
Following Saturday's 9-8 loss to Princeton, the Crimson laxmen dropped from seventh to tenth in the Division I natural poll...
...people via television, as he often did. Still, many of the decisions Governors must make are controversial and create enemies. While in office, Reagan won from Californians an approval rating that ranged from a low of 28% to a high of 42%. Earlier this month the California poll asked state residents to look back and rate Reagan's stewardship in Sacramento once again. Filtered through five-year-old memories, a majority (51%) now give Reagan high marks for the way he governed the state...
...Sociologist Paul Lazarsfeld demonstrated in his studies of voting behavior that conflict breeds delay in a voter's making up his or her mind. What we are witnessing now in the ups and downs of public opinion poll data is irresolution bred by strong conflict. Its presence means that many voters are going to wait until the last minute to decide. Every electoral race in this campaign, from the primaries to the main bout, is likely to be a cliffhanger, with the opinion polls unable to predict the outcome much in advance of the event...
Ordinarily the public is neither as conflict-ridden nor as relentlessly bombarded with daily polls as we are now. Though the contemporary scene makes for confusion and instability, there is one consolation. The confusion presents a unique opportunity to gain an insight indispensable to all who rely upon poll data. It highlights a missing element in the relationship of opinion polls to the public whose views they register...