User:W3steve/Mervin Field

Mervin Field is an American pollster of public opinion in the state of California


 * attended Princeton High School in New Jersey
 * attended Rutgers University
 * attended University of Missouri
 * a student of George Gallup
 * met George Gallup in 1937
 * a pioneer in political polling techniques . (his first survey was his high school's class president election in 1938 or thereabouts)
 * Established the Field Research Corporation in 1945
 * Established the Field Poll in 1947 (as The California Poll).

The Bradley Effect
Field infamously predicted that Ben Bradley would beat George Deukmejian in the 1982 California governor's race. Field posited race as a reason for his poll's error.