Groundbreaking pollster George Gallup is known for founding the survey organization that tracks the nation’s opinion of the president, but he began his career with a more local concern: getting his mother-in-law elected to statewide office. …
The campaign is recounted in a collection of papers that Gallup’s family donated recently to the University of Iowa documenting the life of the father of modern political polling. [cont.]
Ryan J. Foley, AP