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Reaching Into the ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½Vault
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Reaching Into the ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½Vault

by Art Swift

Today, we are excited to introduce a new feature on Gallup.com: the ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½Vault. Each week, Gallup's Senior Editor Lydia Saad will dig deep into Gallup's polling archives to uncover data that tie in with a current event, historical milestone or just are of interest to our readers. These entries will be short and succinct, discussing one unique data point from the past.

One goal of the ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½Vault is to highlight trends from Gallup's 80 years of polling that have relevance today. The first entry we are pulling from the Vault is about the vast majority of Americans who, in 1938, agreed with the idea that . Haven't we heard rhetoric like this recently?

The ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½Vault will also occasionally include direct quotes from the original news releases about the data from our founder, . Citing Dr. ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½is a way to show that sometimes history repeats itself, while other times, events of the past truly were isolated incidents. ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½has the longest trends in survey research in the U.S., and mining this treasure trove of history will be our mission every week.

Visit Gallup.com in the coming weeks for new insights from the ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½Vault, including the birth of the unemployment rate, sanctions and Nelson Mandela, and high drama over the Supreme Court.


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