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Polling was in its infancy during World War II, and Gallup and Roper asked Americans many interesting questions about the war and the homefront. In commentary on its 1941 Roper poll, Fortune magazine said that although the nation's leaders had done "a certain amount of pussyfooting about what may be required of the population to win the war on the homefront," the public "does not expect to pass the buck in the winning of a hard war." Americans were prepared to make considerable sacrifices and give government significant power during the emergency.
During World War II, Americans were so committed to the war effort and had so few reservations about the federal ...