poll
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Public approval for labor unions reached 68% in a Gallup poll last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
In a head-to-head matchup, Raman would lead Bass 32% to 28%, according to a poll of registered voters conducted last month by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, which was co-sponsored by The Times.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
In a Gallup poll last year, 68% of respondents said they approved of labor unions, up from 52% in 2012.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Big majorities said the ballot was easy to understand – the same result found in every poll of Maine voters over the last several years.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
A 1986 Gallup poll reports that 52 percent of American teenagers believe in it, and a distressing number of people in all walks of life seem to accept at least some of its ancient claims.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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