Everett Carll Ladd was a political scientist and polling expert who directed the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Connecticut. He contributed analysis of public opinion data and election polling to The Weekly Standard during the 1995–1996 presidential campaign cycle, scrutinizing survey methodology and horse-race coverage of the Clinton-Dole race.
NOW THAT REPUBLICAN VOTERS have said rather emphatically that they want Bob Dole to be their party 's nominee, what does the race for the White House look like ? Much is bound to happen between now and November 5 to shape the election. Still, we already know enough to declare a favorite.
IN A LEAD STORY LAST MONTH in the Wall Street Journal, Gerald Seib argued that President Clinton's electoral fate now hangs on the gender gap. " There have, of course, been gender gaps in past elections," wrote Seib, "but today the gap appears to be widening into a chasm." He cited a December 1-5 $…
ASKED IN A POLL TAKEN December 6-7 by Yankelovich Partners for Time and CNN how they would vote if the 1996 presidential election "were being held today," 50 percent of respondents said they would support Bill Clinton, just 32 percent Bob Dole. The average of recent polls has Clinton ahead by 10-12…
ACCORDING TO THE RECEIVED WISDOM early in the Clinton administration, most Americans wanted the new president to concentrate on domestic matters and substantially ignore foreign policy. In the spring of 1993, for example, Clinton pollster and strategist Stanley Greenberg remarked that "America is…
The presidency is as important to Americans symbolically as in its practical power. This is why matters of character and personality have loomed large in the public's assessment of candidates for the office. While we often haven't found the desired mix, we've consistently sought presidents to be…