The Fluid Vote

"In no election in at least 25 years has sentiment been so closely divided or opinion so fluid." So wrote Dr. George Gallup last week after taking his third poll of the presidential campaign. For the first time since the conventions, Kennedy took the lead, if a slight one. Asked which candidate they favor or "lean" toward favoring, 48% of the voters chose Kennedy, 47% Nixon. Only 5% were undecided (a percentage considered too low by both candidates). In Gallup's first poll, immediately after the Republican Convention, Nixon led Kennedy 50% to 44%. In the second poll the two were tied with 47%.

On issues, the Republicans lead 3-to-2 as the party more likely to keep the U.S. out of World War III. But the Democrats are favored 4-to-3 to arrest a declining domestic economy.

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