Republicans: No Enter, No Win

The surveys stayed sad for New York's Nelson Rockefeller. Ever since his divorce and remarriage, his presidential popularity has been sagging —and last week the Gallup poll reported that things are getting worse, not better.

Among Republican voters, Rockefeller trailed Barry Goldwater last July in a presidential preference poll. Last week's Gallup survey had Rocky even farther behind, with Michigan's Governor George Romney moving up fast on the outside. The figures:

July

Now Goldwater...

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