Saturday, July 26, 2008

George H. Gallup died today – 24 years ago

Inventor (of the Gallup poll) George Horace Gallup was born on November 18, 1901 in Jefferson, Iowa. He said, “Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in effect, paying attention to the views of the people. Any other interpretation is nonsense.” [What other interpretation would there be? That they’d make ethical decisions based upon the polls? Surely not... Anyway, try this poll.]... Mr. Gallup died on July 26, 1984 in Tschingel, Switzerland.

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