Please Contact Gallup's Editorial Staff - Include Ron Paul!
Note: Originally posted as a blog; reposted for increased visibility.
I called and spoke with Gallup to ask how they determine who makes a poll like the one that was just released for the 2012 Republican nomination. I was told by a staffer that it was based on the news worthiness and attention a potential candidate is getting. She then went on to ask me if my inquiry was for a news article, and if so, she added that she didn't want to be quoted (so I won't mention her name here).
She suggested that a better place to call would be to the people that actually make those decisions and gave a few names to call at the Gallup Princeton location, where she said the editorial board is based. Specifically she said to contact Dr. Frank Newport, the Editor-in-Chief of Gallup. She also suggested a second name - Jeff Jones. We need to spread this far and wide to every freedom-minded American, that this type of exclusion will not go un-noticed or un-protested this time around.
I suggest, if necessary, a out-right national rally outside Gallup's headquarters, if they continue to exclude Ron Paul into the future. Dr. Paul is certainly more significant than Tim Pawlenty? or Haley Barbour? I've never even heard of them, for heavens sake.
Frank Newport - frank_newport@gallup.com (not sure if this is a current email address)
or Jeffrey Jones
Princeton, New Jersey
502 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, NJ 08540
Tel : 800-888-5493
or +1-609-924-9600 Call them with your opinion.
Fax: +1-609-927-2541 Fax them your opinion.
