Ever the trouper, Ronald Reagan is back on the campaign trail this fall, urging voters to choose Republicans in November's Senate races lest his conservative revolution be stymied by a Democratic majority. "I can't have my hands tied by a totally hostile Congress," Reagan has told audiences in California, Colorado, Louisiana and Alabama.
But the President's message may not be getting through, according to a survey conducted for TIME this month by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman.* Despite Reagan's still spectacular popularity, few people seem persuaded by his endorsements of congressional candidates: 70% of those questioned said a presidential speech urging them to...
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