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Show Tlie Sail Lake Tribune, Sundjv. Janu.irv li im A7 Support for Reagan Held Up in 1985 1HIM h UN. N J President Ifeugan completed his fifth year in olliee with the endorsement ol inure Ilian mx in 10 Amerieans. matching his public support at the beginning ol the year In so doing Reagan avoided a fate that befell his postwar predecessors and those beginning their first elective terms, each who ended the year with diminished public confidence In the (iallup Roll's Rnal 985 sessment. till percent approved The following table ompares Rea i lor gan'.s firsl and final 1985 mance ratings with those ol Ins pre job-pc- as- 1 the first year second, or elective, term dercssors o Albuquerque then ol in AunI in PrcucJentiul Performance Ruling billing $-- D SvS $-- Bismarck D $bh Boi.se Boston d 1 Butte S44 To measure intensity, all those w hu say they approve or disapprove of Casper $4b Reagan's job performance are asked "How strongly would you say you approve disapprove! " - very strongly or not so strongly Following is the trend, with "no opinions" omitted for space reasons Chicago $W Colorado Springs $44 IWilasFt.Wbrth $74 Denver $44 Reagan Performance Ratings Intensity of Approval Mod Id Paso Ielena $44 Houston $84 Idaho Falls $34 1 Rcagon Performance Ratings Intensify of Disapproval Jackson Iole $34 I $64 Kansas City $74 Las Vegas" $44 Los Angeles $64 Kalispell In when 65 percent offered a positive evaluation of Reagans stewardship. 40 percent said they approved very strongly while 25 percent expressed moderate approval. On the negative side, 8 percent moderately disapproved and 16 percent disapproved strongly The 40 percent strong-approvfigure is the highest recorded since Reagan took office in 1981 Aside from the strong confidence they currently have in Reagan's handling of the duties of his office. Americans also hold a high regard for him as a person. In the November poll. 81 percent expressed personal approval of Reagan while only 10 percent disagreed. This level of popularity corroborated in a smaller scale survey - is the highest measure of personal esteem recorded in surveys taken throughout Reagan's r tenure. The extent of Reagan's personal popularity is attested to by the fact that 69 percent of Democrats and 81 percent of independents, in addition to 95 percent of his fellow Republicans. approve of Reagan as a person. Also. 56 percent of persons who disapproved of the president's performance in office nonetheless said they approved of Reagan, the man. Following is the question asked to determine Reagan's overall performance ratings and the 1985 trend: "Do you approve or disapprove of the way Ronald Reagan is handling his job as president?" MinneapolisSt. Reogon Performance Rulings ApprovcOiSopprovc No opinion Touh 29 8 24 11 Deficit Hattie Reagan Personal Ratings Dis- No - Palm Springs $64 Pasco $64 Phoenix $64 Portland $64 Rapid City $64 Reno $44 Sacramento $64 San Antonio $84 San Diego $64 San Francisco $64 San Jose $64 Seattle $64 Sioux Falls $74 Spokane $64 St, Louis $84 Tucson $64 Tulsa $74 Washington. D.C. $114 Approve approve opinion The latest results are based on in- person interviews with 1.560 adults. 18 and older, conducted scientifically in over 300 selected localities across the nation Dec. 6 to 9. For results based on samples of this size. one can say with 95 percent confi- dence that the error attributable to sampling and other random effects could be 3 percent in either direction. In addition to sampling error, the reader should bear in mind that question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of c Lon Angeles Times Syndic ate xvait Reagan Touts Economic Gains On Job and Inflation Fronts (ITIi - President Reagan basked in the glow of the latest economic statistics Saturday and said they show "our economic en" gines are being recharged a Although he is facing tough battle with Congress over how to reach a mandatory deficit cut of more than $00 billion and how to shape tax reform. Reagan gave no hint of any new administration initiatives. Instead, he recited a list of economic statistics, noting last week's news that civilian unemployment fell to 6 9 percent, the lowest rate of his presidency, and inflation falling to below 4 percent, compared to the double-digi- t inflation ol the Carter administration As another sign of the improving employment picture. Reagan said he read last weekend's classified advertising section in The U'ushiuytou Post and noted it tuok up 50 pages Nationwide, he said, ads doubled since 1982. "a Mire sign ol economic vitality." "When we took office, strong economic growth seemed an impossible dream. Today, we're enjoying one of the strongest economic expansions since the end of World War II " he said Reagan said. "The economy is in better shape today because the federal government worked hard to get the government out" of your pockets and ofl your backs With Westerns new Ultimate Super Saver Fares you can travel all over the country at prices that wont tax your wallet. In lact. you can cash in on deductions up to 700, And getting one of these exciting tares hares are each way based on a roundtrip purchase' is a cinch. Simply buy your roundtrip Coach ticket 30 days in advance or 14 days alter making your reservations, whichever comes first. 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Telephone calls used to be transmitted through telephone lines Tomicro-wavday most calls are sent by Anybody can listen in. il they are willing to break the law. and that is exactly what the Soviets scale here on a York Democrat said in the Demo i rats weekly radio address He said the Soviets can momtof sensitive conversations Irom then i $?4 Oakland $64 OklahomaCity $74 Omaha $?4 Ontario $64 Orange Countv $64 as a person, and the trend "Apart from whether you approve or disapprove of the way Ronald Reagan is handling his job as president, what do you think of Reagan as a per- son'. Would you say you approve or disapprove of him'" opinion polls. WASHINGTON Paul Missoula $44 New York $114 five-yea- 63 65 $44 Fresno $04 Great Falls $44 e Nov. 2) Bozeman $4b Burbank Reagan's job performance, while 29 percent disapproved and 8 percent were undecided In the year's first measurement he received a 02 percent approval rating, with 29 percent disapproving. The president s December performance rating not only matches that accorded him last January, but also is statistically indistinguishable Irom the 05 percent approval scores recorded in August, shortly after his cancer operation, and in on the eve of his summit meeting in Geneva with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Reagan received his lowest 1985 rating in April, when 52 percent approved and 37 percent disapproved of the way he was carrying out his presidential duties That period was marked by sharp congressional debate over funding for the MX missile, aid for the Nicaraguan Contras and the foreign-traddeficit. Another measure of President Reagan's high current standing with the American people is the strength of their approval of his job performance. Dec. SI break of the war. state-sponsore- d Western MirSines The only way to " fly. He said the So lets loluto U S laws prohibiting eavesdropping "with v impunity They know that we know Miey are doing it Not to stop them mv ites contliv view deserves ion tempt and said Movnihan tempt 111 irtn in - - J - ir- - innr - - |
