Articles related to "George Gallup"

The pollster was born and raised in Iowa. Receiving his Ph.D. from the State University Of Iowa in 1928, he built a solid foundation and success as America's pollster.

Gallup faced serious financial ruin if he lost the bet he made with the newspaper publishers to refund the money for his services for an entire year.

Gallup faced serious odds as he took on the leading pollster of the day, the Literary Digest, but correctly predicted F.D.R. winning the 1936 presidential election.

During George Gallup's career, he did not miss the mark too often as he predicted future U.S. presidents. But, in the 1948 election, he blew it and was nearly ruined.

His book, "The Pulse of Democracy," painted a vision of the potential of political polling. He believed that such polls could re-create the spirit of a town hall meeting.

Political election polls in presidential elections survived and thrived despite some high profile blunders by leading polling organizations such as Gallup's Poll in 1948.

Truman's re-election stunned a young polling industry. The pollsters blew it, experts questioned their procedures, and the public pondered the value of political polls.

A key turning point of presidential election polling methods occurred during the 1936 election . A scientific approach to presidential politic polling was born.

Opinion polling during presidential elections seems to be more pervasive than ever. Does America need a minimum daily requirement of political polls in election years?

Presidential election polling in the 1900s based upon unscientific polling procedures. How the procedures changed dramatically after the election of 1936.

Accuracy in presidential election polling can provide accurate predictions within limitations. However, significant historical errors haunt the opinion polling industry.

Periodic surveys can give an accurate assessment of the public's opinion of a President's performance at a given moment, but not much about his place in history.

New allegations of sexual trysts with attractive DC lobbyist Vicki Iseman, in pursuit of economic relationships with the powerful Senator on Capitol Hill, have surfaced.