HOW PRESIDENTS USE POLLS
Zaino, Jeanne When he ran for President in 2000, George W. Bush
told voters that he did not govern based on polls or
focus groups. Yet a year into his presidency the
facts told a different story. Like his predecessors,
he assembled a team of top-notch pollsters and focus
groups experts and spent a good deal of money
collecting data. His actions are in keeping with
what has become a common practice among modern
American presidents. Since the advent o...