URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/429 Collection Structure Commonwealth Club of California records > Sound recordings of club programs > June Primaries...How Correct Were the Pollsters? Item Title June Primaries...How Correct Were the Pollsters? Collection Title Commonwealth Club of California records Speaker Field, Mervin D. Date Created June 09, 1972 Description Field compares partisan polls to media polls. He says polls sponsored by the news media are not meant to influence public opinion. He talks about the purposes, benefits, and fallibility of polls, then discusses the June 1972 presidential primary. Subject(s) Public opinion polls Presidents Politics and government Field Research Corporation Elections United States Language(s) English Country of Origin United States Place Recorded San Francisco, California, United States Format Sound Recording Medium speeches (documents) Hoover ID Program 19720609; 2003c87_a_0009186 Record Number 2003C87.528 Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3g5032c1 Rights Used with permission of the Commonwealth Club of California.This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the copyright owner.