Adam Clymer, who covered congressional intrigue, eight presidential campaigns and the downfall of both Nikita S. Khrushchev and Richard M. Nixon as a reporter and editor for The New York Times and other newspapers, died early Monday at his home in Washington. He was 81. …
After years as a political and congressional reporter for The Times, he was named polling editor in 1983. In that post, either collaborating with CBS News or overseeing independent projects by The Times, Mr. Clymer broadened the scope of opinion surveys beyond politics. CONT.
Sam Roberts, New York Times