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From Gordon Strachan to Haldeman. RE: The need to set up trial and heat polls in high schools and colleges. 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 1/31/1972
From Larry Higby and Gordon Strachan to Jeb Magruder. RE: The gradual increase of in the number of campus polls, with the general question of "Who do you want to see elected to the Presidency", as the main point. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 12/18/1971
From Gordon Strachan to Jeb Magruder. RE: The process of setting up college and high school polls in New Hampshire, and the ned to ensure that they are ran correctly. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 1/11/1972
Unknown author to Jeb Magruder. RE: Campaign activities centering on the development of trial heat polls in high schools and colleges, as well as increasing the news media coverage on the Democrats. 2 pgs. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 1/11/1972
From Larry Higby to Gordon Strachan. RE: The trial heat polls in select colleges and universities, and the need to ensure that they are set up properly in order to achieve accurate results. 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 1/11/1972
From Gordon Strachan to Haldeman. RE: Key States-Presidential Travel-Polls. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 1/28/1972
From Gordon Strachan to Haldeman. RE: Gallup Trial Heat results entitled, "Nixon and Muskie in Standoff Battle for 1972." 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 1/28/1972
From Gordon Strachan to Haldeman. RE: Tom Benham's analysis of which issues affect which population subgroups. 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 1/20/1972
From Gordon Strachan to Haldeman. RE: Primary States Poll Results on New Hampshire, Florida, and Kentucky. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 1/20/1972
From Gordon Strachan to Haldeman. RE: The poll results taken in New Hampshire, Florida, and Wisconsin, and their availability on January 24. 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 1/18/1972
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This file contains:
From Gordon Strachan to Haldeman. RE: The need to set up trial and heat polls in high schools and colleges. 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 1/31/1972
From Larry Higby and Gordon Strachan to Jeb Magruder. RE: The gradual increase of in the number of campus polls, with the general question of "Who do you want to see elected to the Presidency", as the main point. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 12/18/1971
From Gordon Strachan to Jeb Magruder. RE: The process of setting up college and high school polls in New Hampshire, and the ned to ensure that they are ran correctly. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 1/11/1972
Unknown author to Jeb Magruder. RE: Campaign activities centering on the development of trial heat polls in high schools and colleges, as well as increasing the news media coverage on the Democrats. 2 pgs. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 1/11/1972
From Larry Higby to Gordon Strachan. RE: The trial heat polls in select colleges and universities, and the need to ensure that they are set up properly in order to achieve accurate results. 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 1/11/1972
From Gordon Strachan to Haldeman. RE: Key States-Presidential Travel-Polls. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 1/28/1972
From Gordon Strachan to Haldeman. RE: Gallup Trial Heat results entitled, "Nixon and Muskie in Standoff Battle for 1972." 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 1/28/1972
From Gordon Strachan to Haldeman. RE: Tom Benham's analysis of which issues affect which population subgroups. 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 1/20/1972
From Gordon Strachan to Haldeman. RE: Primary States Poll Results on New Hampshire, Florida, and Kentucky. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 1/20/1972
From Gordon Strachan to Haldeman. RE: The poll results taken in New Hampshire, Florida, and Wisconsin, and their availability on January 24. 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 1/18/1972
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library
Contested Materials Collection
Folder List
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
12
23
1/31/1972
Domestic Policy
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to Haldeman. RE:
The need to set up trial and heat polls in high
schools and colleges. 1 pg.
12
23
12/18/1971
Campaign
Memo
From Larry Higby and Gordon Strachan to
Jeb Magruder. RE: The gradual increase of
in the number of campus polls, with the
general question of "Who do you want to see
elected to the Presidency", as the main point.
1 pg.
12
23
1/11/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to Jeb Magruder. RE:
The process of setting up college and high
school polls in New Hampshire, and the ned
to ensure that they are ran correctly. 1 pg.
12
23
1/11/1972
Domestic Policy
Memo
Unknown author to Jeb Magruder. RE:
Campaign activities centering on the
development of trial heat polls in high
schools and colleges, as well as increasing
the news media coverage on the Democrats.
2 pgs.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Page 1 of 3
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
12
23
1/11/1972
Domestic Policy
Memo
From Larry Higby to Gordon Strachan. RE:
The trial heat polls in select colleges and
universities, and the need to ensure that they
are set up properly in order to achieve
accurate results. 1 pg.
12
23
1/28/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to Haldeman. RE:
Key States-Presidential Travel-Polls. 1 pg.
12
23
1/28/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to Haldeman. RE:
Gallup Trial Heat results entitled, "Nixon
and Muskie in Standoff Battle for 1972." 1
pg.
12
23
1/20/1972
Domestic Policy
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to Haldeman. RE:
Tom Benham's analysis of which issues
affect which population subgroups. 1 pg.
12
23
1/20/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to Haldeman. RE:
Primary States Poll Results on New
Hampshire, Florida, and Kentucky. 1 pg.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Page 2 of 3
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
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Subject
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Document Description
12
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1/18/1972
Domestic Policy
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to Haldeman. RE:
The poll results taken in New Hampshire,
Florida, and Wisconsin, and their availability
on January 24. 1 pg.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Page 3 of 3
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Collection: H. R. Haldeman
Box Number: 235
Folder:
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Administratively Confidential
January 31, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
H.R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
SUBJECT:
High School and College Polls
Recent efforts to get Jeb Magruder and the Committee to
Re-Elect the President to set up good trial heat polls
from colleges and high schools have proved unsuccessful.
Three memoranda (copies attached) beginning December 18,
and several conversations by Higby and myself have
accomplished nothing.
Unfortunately, another memorandum from the President (as
blank) or from you to Magruder probably will not produce
the results sought. Only the Attorney General may be
able to push the Committee to produce on these campus
(college) and high school polls.
GS:1m
CONFIDENTIAL EYES ONLY
Mag/Reisna
DETERMINED TO BE AN
December 18, 1971
ADMINISTRATIVE MARKING
By cml use MARS, Date 1-21-80
E.O. 12065, Section 6-102
F1/3/72
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. JEB MAGRUDER
FROM:
L. HIGBY
GORDON STRACHAN
We need tb start cranking up the business of campus polls and
encouraging them and begin building a program whereby we
gradually increase the number of campus polls that we release.
For example, the President went to the University of Miami
while in Key Biscayne last time and discovered they had held a
trial heat poll there and that he won over all candidates. (Something
I doubt the Campaign Committee is aware of.)
What we need to do here is start picking those campuses, large
campuses, that we can win like the University of Miami and begin
to organize trhil heats on campus and build a program of releasing
these trial heats.
On those campuses where we can't win, rather than doing trial heats,
we should just do a general question about who do you want to see
elected to the Presidency. This way we will still come out strong
because of the large number of Democratic candidates and the feel
at this time.
Will you please let us know what is happening on this program by
January 3rd.
LH:kb
advise
FU
1/14
H.
January 11, 1972
HFU
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JEB MAGRUDER
1/3/47
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
SUBJECT:
High School and College Polls
As I mentioned to you and Ken yesterday, there is considerable
interest in making sure that college and high school polls in
New Hampshire proceed correctly. Ken mentioned that he would
arrange a high school poll within two weeks. In addition,
the colleges that he has selected for February polls should
have target dates set.
In light of all the publicity that McCloskey got on that one
high school poll, it has been requested that you work directly
with Ken Rietz to assure that our high school and college
polls proceed quickly with little chance of error.
Thank you.
1/17 - mag will have poll
1/26 - this weekend
in well
CC: Ken Rietz
GS:1m
January 11, 1972
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JEB MAGRUDER
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Campaign Activities
What is happening with our effort to start to get good trial heat polls
out of colleges and high schools.
We need to try to develop an effort here on both counts, particularly
going for some high school support in New Hampshire so we don't
get all negative stories.
It is ridiculous to let the McCloskey people get the kind of story they
got out of the one high school poll which was obviously a heavily
loaded operation.
Perhaps we should try one high school in New Hampshire and maybe
one college to test operations since the overall effort has sero re-
sults today. See If we can't generate out of each one of these a
major effort and if that effort is productive, get several other schools
doing the same thing and get some polls out on them.
On a different subject, we now need to see that there is a maximum
interest developed in the Democratic primary and try to get all the
news media focusing there instead of on the Republicans.
One line we should be using is "because of the lack of significant
competition in the Republican primaries, we don't expect any large
vote turn out".
LH:kmt
attach
ACTION MEMORANDUM -- POLITICAL
We need to try to develop some high school support in New Hampshire,
particularly for the purpose of the polls, so we don't get all negative
stories.
Perhaps we should try one high school and maybe one college as a test
operation and see what we can generate on a major effort and if it is
productive, get several others and get some polls out on them.
It is ridiculous to let the McCloskey people get the kind of story they
got out of that one high school poll, which was obviously a heavily
loaded operation.
Also, we need to see that there is maximum interest developed in the
Democratic primary and try to get the focus there instead of on the
Republicans.
One line we should use would be, "because of the lack of significant
competition in the Republican primaries, we don't expect any large
vote turnout".
HRH
January 10, 1972
G
THE WHITE HOUSE
FU
WASHINGTON
I week
January 11, 1972
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. GORDON STRACHAN
FROM:
L. HIGBY L
Let's keep the heat on with regard to the college polls. Obviously
this situation is still not set up properly, particularly in light of
the fact there was such a ride on the high school poll yesterday.
w/ Rietz
1/18 3/memo anway
January 28, 1972
Administratively Confidential
MEMORANDUM FOR:
H.R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
SUBJECT:
Key States - Presidential Travel-
Polls
Dwight Chapin is asking for guidance from poll information for planning
Presidential travel and activity for March and April. Tom Benham and
Bob Teeter have been asked to prepare brief analyses of where the
President could travel that would be most helpful in key states. Benham's
will be ready on February 1 and Tetter has committed to have his completed on
February 11.
GS:car
Admini stratively Confidential
January 28, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
H.R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
SUBJECT:
Gallup Trial Heats
On Monday, Gallup will release "Nixon and Muskie in Standoff Battle
for 1972. 11 The figures are:
Nixon
Muskie
Wallace
No Opinion
G-Jan 7-9, 1972
43%
42%
12%
3%
Gallup also asked trial heat questions about the other contenders and
may have asked a four-way with McCarthy. I could not obtain this
information. Don Rumsfield might be able to get it from George Gallup, Jr.
but you would have to ask Rumsfield personally to do it.
GS: car
January 20, 1972
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
H. R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
SUBJECT:
Benham Analyses
Discussions with Tom Benham resulted in the attached
memoranda. He became intrigued with the idea of deter-
mining which issues affect which population subgroups.
Benham went back to the ORC May 1971 Domestic Issues
Poll and prepared the attached report. He has not
submitted the material to the Domestic Council.
Benham's analysis of the Catholic Voter is the result
of discussions and his own personal interest.
Together with the report he prepared on Presidential
popularity in various demographic groups and the
analysis of the Wallace candidacy these memoranda
represent all the useful analyses of our polling
data that Benham can develop.
GS:dg
Administratively Confidential
January 20, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
H.R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
SUBJECT:
Primary States Poll Results
Bob Teeter's office (Dan Evans) hand delivered the attached
ORC reports on New Hampshire and Florida and the DMI
report on Kentucky. Teeter was not able to deliver the
MOR Wisconsin report for you because it will be in Detroit
until tomorrow.
Summary sheets of issues, ballots, and perceptions are
also attached. These are parts of memoranda which Teeter
is currently working on in Detroit.
He also delivered a large box of demographic tables as
backup to these three surveys. These tables are not
the abbreviated demographics that we normally receive from
ORC but rather computer printouts of very detailed cross-
breaks.
Bob Teeter's personal analysis of these surveys is to be
ready for delivery to the Attorney General on Monday,
January 24th. You will receive a copy simultaneously.
The Attorney General has not received a copy of the attached
materials because Teeter has talked with him and is convinced
he (the Attorney General) does not want this amount of
detail.
In light of the agreement of "eyes only" review by you
of Bob Teeter's poll information, neither Larry nor I
have reviewed these materials.
GS:1m
Administratively Confidential
January 18, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
H.R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
SUBJECT:
Bob Teeter - Poll Information
Bob Teeter will not have the poll reports on New Hampshire,
Florida, and Wisconsin until Monday, January 24, although
he has had the data for some time. His reasons for the delay
are the same as those given during the last week of December
when the results were originally due - that the data is slow
in coming in.
My guess is that he is too busy to write up reports. I do
not think he is sending information to the Attorney General
without sending a copy to you.
Recommendation:
To emphasize your very real interest in receiving the
results , if this is the case, Bob Teeter should be asked
to send whatever he has completed plus the basic results
and demographics to you tonight by air mail special delivery.
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