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A newspaper article discussing: Recent polls on the Idaho Senate race between Frank Church and Steve Symms show conflicting results, highlighting the unreliability of early polls. A poll by Howard Schrag indicated Symms leading, while an Idaho Statesman poll showed Church ahead. This shows early polls are unreliable and people should take caution when looking at them.

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Title:
The election eye...The election polls - consider them lightly
Creator:
Plastino, Ben
Date Created (Archival Standard):
15 November 1979
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1979-11-15
Description:
A newspaper article discussing: Recent polls on the Idaho Senate race between Frank Church and Steve Symms show conflicting results, highlighting the unreliability of early polls. A poll by Howard Schrag indicated Symms leading, while an Idaho Statesman poll showed Church ahead. This shows early polls are unreliable and people should take caution when looking at them.
Subjects:
polls races voters
Politicians:
Frank Church Steve Symms
Location:
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Idaho County:
Bonneville County
Source:
Ben J. Plastino Papers, 1947-1998, MG 632, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/
Finding Aid:
https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv470833
Source Identifier:
mg632-f02_016
Original Format:
newspaper clipping
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Language:
eng

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"The election eye...The election polls - consider them lightly", Ben J. Plastino Papers Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/plastino/items/plastino0102.html
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