The Wizard of Washington: Emil Hurja, Franklin Roosevelt, and the Birth of Public Opinion Polling

by Melvin G. Holli

Book Overview

Historians have tended to point to John F. Kennedy's 1960 bid for the presidency as the first time a candidate relied extensively on public opinion polls to drive a campaign. Polling has come to define American politics, and is perhaps most clearly embodied in Bill Clinton, the post poll-driven president in history. Melvin G. Holli dismisses this notion, however, and reveals that presidential reliance on public opinion polls dates back to the New...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349634492
• ISBN13: 9781349634491
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"