Nation: What the Polls Say

> The Gallup poll reported last week that the war in Viet Nam, racial problems and inflation—in that order—are the principal concern of voters in all parts of the U.S.

> In Illinois, the first week’s results of a Chicago Sun-Times straw poll in urban, rural and suburban areas gave Chuck Percy a surprisingly large lead—58.5% to 41.5%—over Paul Douglas.

> In New York, the Daily News’s statewide canvass found O’Connor edging ahead of Rockefeller, while two minor party candidates, Liberal Franklin Roosevelt Jr. and Conservative Paul Adams continued to draw significant support. The standings at week’s end: O’Connor 40.4%; Rockefeller, 39.4%; Roosevelt, 13.5%; Adams, 6.7%.

> In Massachusetts, polls taken by John F. Kraft Inc. for the American Broadcasting Co. showed Brooke leading Peabody, 44% to 40%, with 16% undecided. In the race for Governor, Kraft reported Republican Incumbent John Volpe and Democrat Edward McCormack tied at 43% each, with 14% undecided.

> In Georgia, the first published gubernatorial poll reported Republican Howard (“Bo”) Callaway ahead of Democrat Lester Maddox, 42%to 34% , with 24% undecided.

> In California, Don Muchmore’s State Poll found that voters favor by a 2-to-l margin the controversial Proposition 16, which would strengthen anti-pornography legislation by popular initiative. Known as the CLEAN amendment (for the Californiam League to Enlist Action Now), Proposition 16 would broaden the criteria for declaring material obscene and give police discretion in making seizures. Opponents argue that Proposition 16 amounts to unconstitutional censorship. Democratic Governor Edmund Brown, running for his third term, opposes the proposition, while his Republican opponent, Ronald Reagan, supports it.