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The Gallup Poll on Public Attitudes Toward Nude Beaches, 1983, repeated in 2000 “Do you believe that people who enjoy nude sun-bathing should be able to do so without interference from officials as long as they do so at a beach that is accepted for that purpose? TOTAL  U.S. POPULATION: 1983                              2000 Yes - 71.6%                  Yes - 80% No - 23.9%                   No - 17% [Based on a Montana population of 900,000 there would be 644,400 Montanans who would vote “Yes” in 1983 and 720,000 in 2000.] “Have you personally ever gone ‘skinnydipping’ or nude sunbathing in a mixed group of men and women either at a beach, at a pool or some where else?” TOTAL  U.S. POPULATION: 1983                           2000 Yes - 14.7%                Yes - 25% No - 83.7%                  No - 73% [Based on a Montana population of 900,000 there would be 132,300 Montanans who would have said “Yes” in 1983, and 225,000 in 2000. That translates into a tremendous growth potential for our group.] SOURCE: The Gallup Organization, Inc., 55 Bank Street, Princeton, NJ 08540. (609) 924-9600. June 1983. GO #83112. A custom Survey conducted for The Naturists, Inc. A representative national sample of 1,037 Men and women age 18 and over was inter-viewed from The Gallup Telephone Facility. This poll was repeated with the same questions in 2000. [From a Naturist Society Fact Sheet.  All [ ] material added.]