Mitt Mondale: The agony of a Political Party bent on electoral suicide (April 5, edit)

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18. Here it is: NYT Gallup (9 Mar) : Hart/Reagan 52/43, Mondale/Reagan 45/50

Hart up 9%, Mondale down 5% - at that point a 14% turnaround. (four days before Super Tuesday)

Not a big sample but, an unmistakable result.
The Democratic Party could not accept the message that a firm majority did not want to back to a Carter future,
as today's Republican Party can not accept that a firm majority does not want to go back to a Bush future (on steroids).

GALLUP'S SURVEY GIVES HART 9-POINT LEAD OVER REAGAN

The New York Times
March 9, 1984, Friday

Reports of a surge of support across the nation for Senator Gary Hart since his victories in New England Presidential primaries were bolstered today by a Gallup poll that showed him leading President Reagan in a national sample of voters. The new Gallup poll, taken by telephone among 719 registered voters from March 2 to March 6, confirmed what political specialists generally believe to be a very volatile situation among the electorate five days before Tuesday's primaries and caucuses in nine states. The poll found that in a trial heat for the Presidency, 52 percent said they favored the Colorado Senator to 43 percent for Mr. Reagan. When matched against Mr. Hart's two leading rivals in the poll, Mr. Reagan led former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, 50 percent to 45 percent, and Senator John Glenn of Ohio 52 percent to 41 percent.

http://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/09/us/gallup-s-survey-gives-hart-9-point-lead-over-reagan.html