The Ratings

Just after President Kennedy sent troops to Ole Miss, his popularity, as measured by the Gallup poll, hit a low of 61%--with only 51% of Southerners approving his performance in office. Then came Cuba, and in its wake Kennedy's popularity has soared back to 74%, with a 14-point jump to 65% in the South.

Last week Gallup surveyed Republican presidential possibilities for 1964, found that Nelson Rockefeller, who easily won re-election as Governor of New York, had taken over the lead from Richard Nixon, who was defeated for Governor of California. The G.O.P. list, just before November elections, and now:

Then Now

Rockefeller 26% 41%

Nixon 38% 21%

Michigan's George Romney 10% 15%

Illinois' Everett Dirksen 15% 11%

Arizona's Barry Goldwater 3% 4%

Pennsylvania's William Scranton 1% 3%

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