Der BERLINER
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Der Berliner /Hitler Scandal Poll Results
(The Barmat
Scandal was
often used later in Nazi propaganda, both as an electoral strategy and
as an appeal to anti-Semitism.)
Friday, February 20, 1938
The
latest Der Berliner poll is based on random street interviews with
1,026 adults on February 17-18. The margin of error is plus or minus
3.0 percentage points.
1.
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Der Fuhrer is handling his job
as Der Fuhrer?
------Approve----------- -------Disapprove-------- No
NET Strongly Somewhat NET Somewhat Strongly opin.
2/18/38 67 NA NA 30 NA NA 3
1/30/38 69 NA NA 27 NA NA 4
1/29/38 68 NA NA 27 NA NA 5
1/26/38 60 NA NA 35 NA NA 4
1/25/38 59 31 28 37 13 25 4
1/24/38 57 30 26 40 13 27 3
1/19/38 60 24 36 35 15 19 5
1/13/38 62 NA NA 31 NA NA 7
11/12/37 59 NA NA 35 NA NA 6
10/13/37 59 NA NA 36 NA NA 6
8/27/37 58 NA NA 37 NA NA 5
7/8/37 64 NA NA 31 NA NA 5
6/8/37 59 NA NA 36 NA NA 5
4/24/37 56 NA NA 39 NA NA 5
3/25/37 56 NA NA 33 NA NA 11
3/9/37 55 NA NA 41 NA NA 4
10/8/36* 58 NA NA 38 NA NA 4
10/8/36** 59 NA NA 37 NA NA 4
9/4/36** 57 NA NA 38 NA NA 4
8/5/36 59 NA NA 37 NA NA 4
6/30/36 56 NA NA 39 NA NA 5
5/22/36 58 20 37 39 17 22 3
3/31/36 52 21 30 40 16 25 8
3/17/36 53 19 34 45 19 26 2
3/10/36 55 23 32 40 17 24 4
4/21/36 51 NA NA 43 NA NA 6
1/7/36 53 22 31 43 16 28 4
11/19/36 54 NA NA 41 NA NA 5
11/13/36 54 20 34 41 20 21 5
10/1/36 52 17 35 43 19 24 5
7/17/36 51 14 37 45 20 25 4
6/8/36 47 NA NA 45 NA NA 8
5/14/36 56 20 36 41 23 18 3
3/19/36 52 17 35 45 19 26 3
3/5/36 46 NA NA 49 NA NA 4
1/29/36 54 20 34 43 21 22 3
1/4/36 45 13 31 51 22 29 5
12/20/35 44 NA NA 50 NA NA 6
11/6/35** 52 20 32 43 16 26 5
10/31/35 48 17 31 49 19 30 3
10/23/35 49 18 31 48 19 29 4
10/9/35 45 13 32 51 21 30 4
* Likely voters
** Registered voters
2.
I'm going to read you some statements. After each please tell me
whether or not each applies to Der Fuhrer or not. How about (READ ITEM)
does it apply to der Fuhrer, or not?
SUMMARY TABLE:
No
Yes No opin.
A. He is honest and
trustworthy 40 55 5
B. He has high personal moral
and ethical standards 28 66 6
C. He understands the problems
of people like you 63 35 2
D. He has done a good job keeping
the economy strong 80 18 1
E. He is a strong leader 68 31 1
Trend (where available):
A. He is honest and trustworthy
Yes No No opin.
2/18/38 40 55 5
6/8/37 37 59 4
1/15/37 42 54 4
1/6/37 42 53 5
11/3/36# 43 52 6
11/3/36## 42 52 6
9/4/36## 43 52 5
8/5/36 44 52 4
6/30/36 40 54 6
3/17/36 44 53 2
4/5/35 42 55 2
3/27/34* 54 42 4
*Wording "and trustworthy" omitted
# Likely voters
## Registered voters
B. He has high personal moral and ethical standards
Yes No No opin.
2/18/38 28 66 6
6/8/37 41 54 4
1/15/37 40 55 4
1/6/37 ## 39 56 5
8/5/36 45 51 4
6/30/36 40 54 6
3/17/36 44 54 3
4/5/35 51 46 4
10/31/34 44 49 7
## Registered voters
C. He understands the problems of people like you
Yes No No opin.
2/18/38 63 35 2
6/8/37 52 45 3
1/15/37 50 49 2
9/4/36 ## 57 40 2
8/5/36 55 43 2
6/30/36 56 41 3
understands the needs and problems of average Americans"
# Likely voters
## Registered voters
E. He is a strong leader
Yes No No opin.
2/18/38 68 31 1
3/17/36 50 49 1
6/8/35 37 61 2
3/5/35 38 61 1
10/31/34 43 56 1
# Likely voters
## Registered voters
3.
Do you like the way der Fuhrer is handling the Jewish problem?
Favorable Unfavorable No opinion
2/18/38
56
41
3
1/25/38***
54
42
5
1/24/98**
51
44
5
1/19/38
59
35
6
1/12/38
59
33
7
10/13/37
59
37
4
9/10/37
57
38
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