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- catalog abstract ""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 most 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 Deal Era, when Franklin Roosevelt employed a first-generation. Finnish-American named Emil Hurja to conduct polls for his 1932 and 1936 presidential campaigns. Holli shows us how Hurja, through a combination of networking, political acumen, and dogged persistence, convinced the Democratic National Committee to allow him to apply the new science of polling to Roosevelt's presidential campaign of 1932. Roosevelt's triumph at the polls in that year and again in 1936, as well as the spectacular 1934 Democratic mid-term congressional victory, is legendary. What few people know is what occurred behind the scenes in the 1930s to secure the dominance of Roosevelt and his party. Emil Hurja was the driving force behind the Democrats during the New Deal Era. Holli restores Hurja to his rightful place in American history and politics, showing us that the Washington press corps were right on target when they dubbed Hurja the "Wizzard of Washington.""--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12411943.
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1933-1945.".
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""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 most 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 Deal Era, when Franklin Roosevelt employed a first-generation. Finnish-American named Emil Hurja to conduct polls for his 1932 and 1936 presidential campaigns.".
- catalog description "Growing up in a Frontier Boom Town: The Life and Times of the Hurjas -- College Days and Beyond -- 1932 Presidential Election -- Polling and Patronage for Roosevelt and the New Deal -- Post-New Deal Hurja -- 1939--Publishing, Polling, Consulting.".
- catalog description "Holli restores Hurja to his rightful place in American history and politics, showing us that the Washington press corps were right on target when they dubbed Hurja the "Wizzard of Washington.""--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Holli shows us how Hurja, through a combination of networking, political acumen, and dogged persistence, convinced the Democratic National Committee to allow him to apply the new science of polling to Roosevelt's presidential campaign of 1932. Roosevelt's triumph at the polls in that year and again in 1936, as well as the spectacular 1934 Democratic mid-term congressional victory, is legendary. What few people know is what occurred behind the scenes in the 1930s to secure the dominance of Roosevelt and his party. Emil Hurja was the driving force behind the Democrats during the New Deal Era.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [144]-147) and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 153 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "031229395X (hardcover)".
- catalog isPartOf "Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute series on diplomatic and economic history.".
- catalog isPartOf "The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute series on diplomatic and economic history".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Palgrave,".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1933-1945.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "303.3/8/0973 21".
- catalog subject "HN90.P8 H63 2002".
- catalog subject "Hurja, Emil.".
- catalog subject "Public opinion United States.".
- catalog subject "Public opinion polls.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Growing up in a Frontier Boom Town: The Life and Times of the Hurjas -- College Days and Beyond -- 1932 Presidential Election -- Polling and Patronage for Roosevelt and the New Deal -- Post-New Deal Hurja -- 1939--Publishing, Polling, Consulting.".
- catalog title "The wizard of Washington : Emil Hurja, Franklin Roosevelt, and the birth of public opinion polling / Melvin G. Holli.".
- catalog type "text".