Question wording taints public opinion polls
Professional pollsters emphasize sample choice and wording. A CBS Times survey found conservatives favored health care and jobs but a follow up by NANA using different terms showed similar results. The piece argues question framing invites agreeable answers and cites Gallup's ERA framing as an example.
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CBS News
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New York Times
America
Newspaper
Alliance
Times- Cbs News
Nana
Opinion Research Corporation of
Princeton, N.J
Times-Cbs News
Winchester Council Elects Mote Vice President by Secret Ballot
A seven to six secret ballot elected Republican William M. Mote as vice president of Winchester City Council on July 1, drawing legal questions under Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act. George Garber won the post in a later public vote by the same margin, while council members and readers debate transparency and political pressure.
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Winchester
Council
William M. Mote
Mote
Virginia
Attorney General's Office
George Garber
Mr. Mote
Garber
Stewart Bell
Republican Council
H. Delmer Robinson Jr
Robinson
Charles Zuckerman
Zuckerman
William Shendow
Shendow
Carter Turns Corner on Wiretapping Decline Since Nixon Era
The article notes a marked drop in federal wiretaps for law enforcement since the Nixon-Ford years with no rise in crime. It argues foreign intelligence taps need court authorization and cites 1976 77 tap counts, costs, and convictions, highlighting Carter Bell policy and Republican opposition while urging tighter judicial control.
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Congress
FBI
CIA
House Intelligence and Rules Committees
Robert Drinan
Massachusetts
Republican Policy Committee
U.S
Ford Administration
Griffin Bell
Ford
Carter
Bell
Administrative Office
Nixon-Ford
New York
New Jersey
White and Right Wingers in Democratic Fund Drive
Democratic national chairman John White warns that radical right wing forces plan to subvert SALT II and rail against Equal Rights Amendment. He cites GOP money advantage and urges donors to support “Special Emergency appeal” to reelect progressive Democrats in November.
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Democrats’ Coalition
Carter
Israel
John
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
White
Soviet Union
Henry Jackson
Washington
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
New York
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
America
DNC
Letters to the Editor Policy Notice
Policy notice explains letters to the editor are invited, must be signed with address and telephone, and not exceed 350 words. It prefers typed or double spaced submissions and warns that letters are subject to editing and may be rejected if not authenticated.
Women In Politics and the Congressional Glass Ceiling
A Congressional Quarterly piece examines why few women sit in Congress after the 1978 elections. It cites funding gaps and party dynamics, noting retirements and rising ambitions shrink numbers despite gains at state and local levels.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Congress
House
Muriel Humphrey
Gloria Schaffer
Senate
Connecticut
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Wicker
Frank van der Linden
Tyro Union Olaves Press, Inc
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Women In Politics
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Maine
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