Reading book "The Gallup polls, public opinion 1935-1971" Amer. Inst. Public Opinion. Here is some poll data about the presidential race. All polls nationwide unless otherwise stated. 1 Jan: if it were LB Johnson vs B Goldwater... candt....1 Jan..1 July..13 July..9 Aug..16 Sep.18Oct..2Nov Johnson....75%....77......77.......59.....65....64.....64 Goldwater..20%....18......20.......31.....29....29.....29 undec.......5%.....5.......3.......10......6.....7......7 5 Jan: plurality-voting poll among possible republican pres canddts (REPUBLICANS ONLY POLLED) Canddt.....5 Jan..16 Feb..5 Apr..3 May..21 Jun..14 July Nixon.......29%.....31.....26.....28.....25.......22 Goldwater...23......20.....14.....14.....10.......22 Lodge.......19......12.....42.....37.....26.......21 Rockefeller.12......16......6......9......9........6 G.Romney....8........5......4......3......5.......-- Scranton....4........7......4......4......9.......20 NOTE Goldwater was the eventual official winner, i.e. Republican nominee, but lost the general election to LB Johnson in one of the largest landslides ever 10 Jan: if it were LB Johnson vs HC Lodge... canddt..10 Jan...28 Feb..18 Mar..19 Apr Johnson...66%......68....68.......65 Lodge.....23%......27....27.......30 undec.....11%.......5.....5........5 NOTE Lodge does better vs LBJ than Goldwater same time 10 Jan: if it were LB Johnson vs N Rockefeller... Johnson 74% Rock 17 undec 9 15 Jan: approve or disapprove of Johnson? result.....15 Jan..21 Feb..11 Mar..8 Apr.15 May.12 Jun approve.....80%......75......73.....77.....75.....74 disapp......5.........8.......9......9.....11.....13 no opinion..15.......17......18.....14.....14.....13 22 Jan: if it were LB Johnson vs B Goldwater... (ONLY REPUBLICANS POLLED) Johnson...41% Goldwater.47% undec......7% NOTE: Jeez. 9 Feb: party affiliation asked Dem 49% Repub 27 Indp 24 19 feb: if it were N Rockefeller vs B Goldwater... candt..19 Feb..20 Mar Rock...49......45 Gold...36%.....44 undec..15%.....11 NOTE Rock beats Gold nationwide But among republicans only on 19 feb: Rock 41 Gold 44 Undec 15 28 feb: if it were LB Johnson vs RM Nixon... cndt....28 Feb..18 Mar..1 July Johnson..69%...68.......70 Nixon....27%...27.......27 undec....4%.....5........3 NOTE Nixon does better vs LBJ than Goldwater (but N dropped out of the race early) 19 June: Asked of Democrat county chairs - which of these Republican candidates would have the best shot to beat Johnson? [# votes given for each] W.SCRANTON 302 B.Goldwater 297 R.Nixon 246 N.Rockefeller 246 HC.Lodge 243 others 69 no opinion 174 NOTE scranton wins 1 July: if it were LB Johnson vs W Scranton... cndt....1 July Johnson...69% Scranton..26% undec.....5 NOTE Scranton does better vs LBJ than Goldwater at same poll date 12 July if it were Goldwater vs W Scranton... (REPUBLICANS ONLY POLLED) candt....12 July Scranton...60% Goldwater..34% undec.......6% NOTE Scranton seems clear Condorcet winner among republicans (or anyway hugely preferred over the Republican nominee Goldwater) confirming claim by Keech RANGE VOTING POLL 13 Sept rating.....Johnson....X High Fav....54.6%....21.4 Mild Fav....34.3.....29.8 Mild Unfav...5.0.....19.2 High Unfav...1.1.....19.1 No Opin......5.0.....10.5 here X is either Nixon or Goldwater, typo (?) in the book makes it ambiguous what is meant; my guess is Goldwater.