NOW head claims
polls are inaccurate
By Dave Bems
Of the Emerald
Polls showing the Reagan
Bush ticket leading the
Mondale-Ferraro ticket by
margins ranging between 10
and 25 percentage points are
based on false assumptions and
are inaccurate, says Judy
Goldsmith, president of the Na
tional Organization for Women.
“The polls are based on the
supposition that women com
prise 50 percent of the popula
tion, when in fact the figure is
closer to 53 percent national
ly," Goldsmith told an au
dience of 60 people at the
Wesley Center in Eugene,
Friday.
Goldsmith says that pollsters
do not accurately gauge the sen
timent of the electorate.
“Even as early as 1982, in the
Illinois gubernatorial race, the
polls have been mildy off
base," she adds.
In 1982, Gov. Jim Thompson
of Illinois ran for re-election
• against Adlai Stevenson HI.
Goldsmith claims that polls on
the day of the election had
Thompson running 15 percen
tage po.i,nts ahead of- the
challefiger. Thompson even
tually won re-election by 5,000'
votes.
“Why were the polls so off
base in that election? Because
Stevenson had a woman run-,
ning for the office of lieutenant
governor on his ticket,”
Goldsmith says.
The candidacy of Geraldine
Ferraro and Walter Mondale's
record on women’s issues will
provide . a similar embarrass
ment for pollsters, she adds.
"Mondale has a tremendous
record of leadership, and for the
women of (his country, he will
be the best president we ever
had."
Goldsmith pointed to Mon
dale's Senate voting record on
child-care legislation, pay equi
ty, the Equal Rights Amend
ment and the Women's Educa
tion Equity Act.
“We contrast his record with
President Reagan's and we can
See Reagan has done nothing for
the living born,!’ Goldsmith
says.
She went on to charge that the
president, “ killed Title 7
(protection of women in the
workplace), has provided the
narrowest interpretation of Title
9 (equal protection for women
in education), and has cut back
funds for the Women, Infants
and Children Program, and the
Children’s Immunization
Program.”
“The Republican Party did
work for the passage of the 19th
Amendment which allowed
women the right to vote, but
that was 64 years ago and its
time for them to move ahead,”
Goldsmith says.
“Conversely, the Democratic
Party platform is the most pro
iii—in
Judy Goldsmith
gressive on women’s issues ever ,
produced by either party.” '
Goldsmith also claims that a •
gap does exist between' how
men will vote and how women ■ -
will vote on Nov. 6.
Existence of this '-gender
gap” is an issue of contention
among pollsters, politicians,
and political scientists.
“A gender gap does exist,
and it is largest in the South,”
Goldsmith says. “Women
throughout the country are re
jecting traditional stereotypes,
and this is exemplified by the
assertion of independence
found in Southern women.”
"There will be 8 million more
women than men voting in the
presidential election, and it will
be women who decide the even
tual outcome."
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