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Campaign
Memo
Copy of a memo from Colson to "The Staff
Secretary" RE: recent polling. 2 pgs.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Page 1 of 1
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 7, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
THE STAFF SECRETARY
FROM:
CHARLES COLSON
we
SUBJECT:
Action Memo #P-2009
Plesser Poll
Request
It was requested in Action Memo #P-2009, taken from the February 1
News Summary to prepare a brief analysis of a recent Plesser poll
and of his organization and techniques.
Response
I talked to Nelson Rockefeller's office with regard to Tully Plesser.
H-notil:
They have had a lot of experience with him and regard his work as
totally unreliable. He is apparently for sale to the highest bidder His
most recent poll was done for Lindsay and Rockefeller's people suspect
very strongly that this really was a Lindsay plant. The theory makes
some sense. It shows Nixon beating Muskie which is to Lindsay's
advantage. It also shows strong anti-Nixon sentiment which is also to
Lindsay's advantage.
It has been reported that Plesser has just taken a Florida poll for
Lindsay so he apparently is still doing Lindsay's work.
John Becker has a similar report about Plesser. He feels he is very
unreliable and that there is no way to measure so-called "leverage
issues". The Attorney General tells me that Plesser is totally untrust-
worthy. Scammon also discounts his poll.
Sindlinger is the harshest of all. He has been asking since 1969 the
question, "Would you vote today for the reelection of President Nixon?"
2.
Since September the "no" answers have averaged 15 percent. During
that period of time Sindlinger has run 5 polls surveys. Each sample
base has been 2000; hence there is a 10, 000 total sample base. In
each poll the "no" answers have ranged between 14 and 16 percent.
Plesser reports that he used a similar technique and gets a 33 percent
"no". In view of the very large sample base of Sindlinger, the Plesser
results would seem to be demonstrably in error.
I further understand that Plesser wanted to work for the Campaign
Committee and was turned down. He may well be bitter.