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Quinnipiac
University Polling Institute
The Quinnipiac University
Polling Institute is a public opinion polling center based at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. It surveys public opinion in
Connecticut, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, and
nationally.[2]
It is considerably larger than other academic polling
centers, including the Franklin & Marshall College Poll, which
only surveys Pennsylvania.[1] The
organization employs about 160 interviewers, generally drawing from political science, communications, psychology, and sociology majors,
as well as some interviewers that are not affiliated with the university.[1] The poll
has a full-time staff of ten.[1] The
university does not disclose the Institute's operating budget, and the poll
does not accept clients or outside funding.[1]
In 2007, the institute underwent construction of a new
two-story building that was expected to double its available capacity to 160
calling cubicles.[1] The
purpose of the capacity expansion was to allow the institute to poll multiple
states at once, rectifying a problem that arose during the 2006 Connecticut Senate
election where other polls were canceled to support that poll.[1]
The polling operation began informally in 1988 in
conjunction with a marketing class.[3] It became
formal in 1994 when the university hired a CBS News analyst to
assess the data being gained.[3] It
subsequently focused on the Northeastern states, gradually expanding during
presidential elections to cover swing states as
well.[3] The
institute is funded by the university.[3]
Quinnipiac University is widely known for its poll;[4] the
publicity it has generated has been credited with increasing the university's
enrollment.[1]
The poll has been cited by major news outlets throughout
North America and Europe, including The Washington Post,[5] Fox News,[6] USA Today,[7] The New York Times,[8] CNN,[9] and Reuters.[10]
Quinnipiac's Polling Institute receives national recognition for its
independent surveys of residents throughout the United States. It conducts
public opinion polls on politics and public policy as a public service as well
as for academic research.[1][3] Andrew S.
Tanenbaum, the founder of the poll-analysis website Electoral-vote.com,
compared major pollsters' performances in the 2010 midterm Senate elections and concluded
that Quinnipiac was the most accurate, with a mean error of 2.0 percent.
Andrew S.
Tanenbaum
Biography
Tanenbaum was born in New York City and
grew up in suburban White Plains, New York.
He received his bachelor of Science degree in Physics from MIT in 1965 and his Ph.D. degree in
astrophysics from the University of
California, Berkeley in 1971. Tanenbaum also served as a
lobbyist for the Sierra Club.
Electoral-vote.com
In 2004, Tanenbaum created Electoral-vote.com, a web site
analyzing opinion polls for the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election, using them to
project the outcome in the Electoral College. He stated that he created the
site as an American who "knows first hand what the world thinks of America
and it is not a pretty picture at the moment. I want people to think of America
as the land of freedom and democracy, not the land of arrogance and blind
revenge. I want to be proud of America again."[29] The site provided a
color-coded map, updated each day with projections for each state's electoral
votes. Through most of the campaign period Tanenbaum kept his identity secret,
referring to himself as "the Votemaster" and acknowledging only that
he personally preferred John Kerry. A libertarian who supports the
Democrats, he revealed his identity on November 1, 2004, the day before the
election, also stating his reasons and qualifications for running the website.
Quinnipiac University
William C. Weldon
is a trustee at Quinnipiac University,
was the chairman for the Pharmaceutical
Research and Manufacturers of America (Big Pharma), and the chairman for Johnson & Johnson.
Note: Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers
of America (Big Pharma), and Johnson
& Johnson.
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP,
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American
Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), was a director at the Lazard Group LLC, and a 2008 Bilderberg
conference participant (think tank).
Kenneth M. Jacobs is the chairman & CEO
for the Lazard Group LLC, a trustee
at the Brookings Institution (think tank), was a director at the
American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
Lazard
Asset Management is a subsidiary of Lazard
Group LLC.
John Reinsberg is
the vice chairman for the Lazard Asset
Management, and a director at the Alliance
for Cancer Gene Therapy.
John L. Lahey is a
director at the Alliance for Cancer Gene
Therapy, and the president of Quinnipiac
University.
Valerie B. Jarrett
is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior
adviser for the Barack Obama
administration, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
R. Eden Martin is
the president of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama
was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Sidley Austin
LLP was the lobby firm for the Pharmaceutical
Research and Manufacturers of America (Big Pharma), and Johnson & Johnson.
William C. Weldon
was the chairman for the Pharmaceutical
Research and Manufacturers of America (Big Pharma), the chairman for Johnson & Johnson, and is a trustee
at Quinnipiac University.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Newton N. Minow is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP,
and a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), Climate Reality Project, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and People for the
American Way.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Laura D'Andrea
Tyson was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), is a
director at the CBRE Group, Inc.,
and a professor at the Haas School of
Business.
Richard C. Blum is
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director & former chairman for the CBRE
Group, Inc., a board member for the Haas School of Business, and
married to Senator Dianne Feinstein.
Haas
School of Business is a business school at the University of California, Berkeley.
David H. Romer
is a professor at the University of
California, Berkeley, and was a senior fellow at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Cameron F. Kerry
is a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and John F. Kerry’s brother.
John
F. Kerry is Cameron F. Kerry’s
brother, the secretary at the U.S.
Department of State for the Barack
Obama administration, and married to Teresa
Heinz Kerry.
Teresa Heinz
Kerry is married to John F. Kerry,
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the vice chair for the H. John Heinz
III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment.
Larry J.
Schweiger is a trustee at the H. John Heinz III Center for Science,
Economics and the Environment, a
director at the Climate Reality Project, and was the president
& CEO for the National Wildlife
Federation.
Albert A. Gore Jr.
is the chairman for the Climate Reality Project.
James Gustave
Speth is a director at the Climate Reality Project, and an honorary trustee at the Natural
Resources Defense Council.
Reality
Coalition is a partner with the National
Wildlife Federation, the Natural
Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club, and the League
of Conservation Voters.
Sierra Club is a national
partner with America Votes.
People
for the American Way is a national partner with America Votes.
Dolores Huerta
is a director at People for the American Way, and was a 2012 elector
(CA) for the Electoral College.
Sherwood L.
Boehlert is a director at the League of Conservation Voters, a director at the Climate Reality
Project, and was a trustee at the H. John Heinz III Center for Science,
Economics and the Environment.
Teresa Heinz
Kerry is the vice chair for the H.
John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, an
honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and married to John F. Kerry.
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a
director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a senior
counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer
& Feld, LLP, married to Ann Dibble Jordan was a director at
the Lazard Group LLC, and a 2008 Bilderberg
conference participant (think tank).
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers
of America (Big Pharma), and Johnson
& Johnson.
William C. Weldon
was the chairman for the Pharmaceutical
Research and Manufacturers of America (Big Pharma), the chairman for Johnson & Johnson, and is a trustee
at Quinnipiac University.
Ann Dibble Jordan
was a director at Johnson & Johnson,
is married to Vernon E. Jordan Jr.,
and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Richard C. Blum is
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director & former chairman for the CBRE
Group, Inc., a board member for the Haas School of Business, and
married to Senator Dianne Feinstein.
Laura D'Andrea
Tyson was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), is a
director at the CBRE Group, Inc.,
and a professor at the Haas School of
Business.
Haas
School of Business is a business school at the University of California, Berkeley.
David H. Romer
is a professor at the University of
California, Berkeley, and was a senior fellow at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Dianne Feinstein
is married to Richard C. Blum, a U.S. Senate senator, and a member of
the Alfalfa Club.
Joseph I.
Lieberman was the president of the Alfalfa
Club, and was the attorney general for the Connecticut state government.
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