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Mr. Yankelovich speaking at the Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann Arbor, Mich., in February 1983. From left are former President Ford, former President Jimmy Carter and David Mathews, head of the Kettering Foundation, which promotes the study of democracy.
Steve Dunbar; thumbnail, Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications, 2016
Daniel Yankelovich
Died on September 22, 2017 at age 92
Mr. Yankelovich was the pollster, author and public opinion analyst who for a half-century mirrored the perceptions of generations of Americans about politics, consumer products, social changes and, not least, themselves.
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