Thin Slices

Thin Slices One key question for 1960: How much of Dwight Eisenhower's overwhelming 1956 margin can Dick Nixon hang on to? Last week the Gallup poll cut the question into thin, categorical slices with these results :

Ike '56 Nixon '60 Women 61% 51% Men 55 49 College 69 62 High school 58 48 Grade school 50 45 Independents 70 57 Professional men 68 63 White collar 63 55 Manual workers 50 39 21-29-year olds 51 42 30-49 years 55 47 50 years and...

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