[lbo-talk] views on stimulus: now vs. 1938

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Feb 10 10:32:17 PST 2009


On Feb 10, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Steven L. Robinson wrote:


> Perhaps. But polling was much less of an exact science 70 years ago.
> The leading poll during the 1936 Presidential election, taken by a
> magazine called "Literary Digest" - if memory serves - had Landon
> defeating FDR.

Yeah but this is attributed to Gallup. The LD poll was of its readers, an unscientific sample that skewed upper income.

Doug



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