George Gallup

(noun)

George Gallup conducted a small but scientific survey that correctly predicted a landslide victory for Roosevelt in the Roosevelt-Landon race, thus establishing the Gallup Poll.

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Examples of George Gallup in the following topics:

  • The Gallup Organization

    • Gallup Inc. was founded in 1958, when George Gallup grouped all of his polling operations into one organization.
    • Founded by George Gallup , Gallup, Inc. is primarily a research-based, performance-management consulting company.
    • Gallup currently has four divisions: Gallup Poll, Gallup Consulting, Gallup University, and Gallup Press.
    • Gallup Inc. was founded in 1958, when George Gallup grouped all of his polling operations into one organization.
    • George Gallup founded the American Institute of Public Opinion, the precursor of The Gallup Organization, in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1935.

  • Early Public Opinion Research and Polling

    • At the same time, George Gallup conducted a far smaller, but more scientifically based survey, in which he polled a demographically representative sample.
    • Gallup correctly predicted Roosevelt's landslide victory.
    • Gallup launched a subsidiary in the United Kingdom, where it almost alone correctly predicted Labour's victory in the 1945 general election.

  • The Importance of Accuracy

    • At the same time, George Gallup conducted a far smaller, but more scientifically based survey, in which he polled a more demographically representative sample.
    • Gallup correctly predicted Roosevelt's landslide victory.

  • Twenty-First-Century Americans

    • In 1990, George H.
    • Public attitudes about immigration in the U.S. were heavily influenced in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.According to a 2009 Gallup poll, after the attacks, only 52% of Americans believed that immigration was a good thing overall for the U.S., down from 62% the year before.

  • Political Ideology

    • Gallup/USA Today polling in June 2010 revealed that 42% of those surveyed identify as conservative, 35% as moderate, while 20% identify as liberal .
    • This chart, using Gallup Poll data, depicts trends in US political ideologies from 1992-2012.
    • Percent of self-identified liberals in the United States, broken down by state, according to Gallup, August 2010.

  • Policy Adoption

    • For example, unfavorable media coverage undermined the George W.
    • Negative media attention toward George W.

  • The Media

    • They then compared to the same or similar questions posed with "the public" based on Gallup, and Pew Trust polls.

  • The Republican Party

    • Eighteen presidents have been Republicans; most recently, George W.
    • Bush and George W.
    • Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W.
    • Bush, and George W.
    • During the George W.

  • The Cold War and Containment

    • The basis of the doctrine was articulated in a 1946 cable by United States diplomat, George F.
    • George F.

  • The Impact of Minor Parties

    • During the 2000 election, Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader took votes away from Democrat Al Gore, a situation that some people felt contributed to the victory of Republican George W.
    • For example, segregationist American Independent Party candidate George Wallace gained 13.5% of the popular vote in the 1968 election.
    • This was at issue during the 2000 election when Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader took votes away from Democrat Al Gore, a situation that some felt contributed to the victory of Republican George W.