Lance Tarrance
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Lance Tarrance, Jr. is a leading Republican American pollster and political strategist who has conducted hundreds of public opinion studies for national corporations, foundations, elected leaders of the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and state governments. He currently works as a Senior Strategist for Senator John McCain's Straight Talk America political action committee.
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[edit] Public Opinion Research
Tarrance served as a member of the Board of Directors of The Gallup Organization (1987-1992), and first Managing Director and President of Gallup China in Beijing (1993-1995). He also served as the President and Founder of Tarrance & Associates, a Houston-based national survey research company (1977-1992), and as managing director to Burson-Marsteller Public Affairs Practice in Washington D.C.
[edit] Education
Tarrance received a B.A. in European History from Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, his Master's Degree in Electoral Behavior from American University in Washington D.C., and was a Fellow of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, the Institute of Politics.
[edit] Publications
- "Texas Precinct Votes," (1966, 1968, 1970), University of Texas Press.
- "The Ticket Splitter; A New Force in American Politics," (1972) Eerdmans Press.
- "Checked and Balanced: How Ticket Splitters are Shaping the New Balance of Power in American Politics" (1998), Eerdmans Press.
