Word: polling
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...quickly, rending Mexico's delicate social fabric by asking people to make too many sacrifices they do not understand. Disappointment could begin to catch up with Salinas. The 70% approval ratings that marked his first year in office have plummeted below 44%, according to the results of an unpublished poll taken by the newspaper Excelsior. Now the talk is of his autocratic style of rule: he is likened with varying degrees of enthusiasm to Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher...
...risky gambit for the normally cautious Bush, but, as one White House official put it, "When you're this far behind, you have to take some chances." Bush desperately needed to regain the initiative following his flounder flops on taxes during the budget talks, which drove his poll ratings down more than 20 points and moved many G.O.P. candidates to split with him publicly. Worst of all, Bush's credibility was slipping. In an unpublished portion of a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, voters were asked "Is George Bush honest, a person you can trust?" Only 52% said...
...Informal Phone Poll--Two days before the election a reporter contacting directory assistance for Senator John F. Kerry's phone number had an unusual reaction from the operator...
...preseason poll of the league coaches left two of the league's Beantown representatives duking it out for numero uno, but surprises seem imminent when league play starts today, especially considering recent results...
...Terriers were ranked first nationally in the preseason Albany Times-Union poll. But B.U. is already 1-1, including a 9-6 loss to Colgate Nov. 2. that dropped the squad to sixth place in the national poll...