Professor of Political Science at St. Louis University and president of the Warren Poll, which conducts polling for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, among others; author of In Defense of Public Opinion Polling and editor of Encyclopedia of US Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; former pollster for Richard Gephardt
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