John J. Zogby (born September 3, 1948) is an American public opinion pollster , author, and public speaker. He is founder of the Zogby poll, the Zogby International poll , and he serves as a senior partner at John Zogby Strategies, a marketing and political consulting firm created in 2016 with two of his sons, Benjamin and Jeremy. Zogby has written weekly articles for Forbes , and he has contributed to a weekly ongoing presidential report card since the beginning of the Obama administration.
23-736: In addition to serving on the advisory board of the Arab American Institute , he was on the advisory board of Upstate Venture Connect, and from 2016 to 2018, he was Director of the Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship at Le Moyne College . The author of four books, his latest will be published in the fall of 2024, Beyond the Horse Race: How to Read Polls and Why We Should. John Zogby was born on September 3, 1948, and grew up in Utica, New York , where he still lives. He
46-466: A greater part of the total number of Arab-Americans residing in most states; however, in New Jersey, Egyptian-Americans are the largest Arab group. The AAI believes that Americans of Arab ethnicity were underrepresented in the 2000 National Census as are most "other ethnic, minority, and immigrant populations" and believes that this undercount occurs because many Arab-Americans simply "do not understand
69-447: A new paradigm for moving beyond demographics by allowing people who participated in the survey research to define themselves based on their attributes and values. The result is what Zogby describes as a bottom-up approach to segmentation analysis. Additionally, Zogby writes periodic columns (previously weekly) on Forbes.com and contributes a weekly Presidential report card for The Washington Examiner' s Washington Secrets, by Paul Bedard. He
92-535: A philanthropic NGO that offers food, educational, and health care to the people of Lebanon. He is also a member of the Bassett Health Network which offers medical services to an 8-county rural region of Upstate New York and is Chairman of the Friends of Bassett, its philanthropic arm. John Zogby's polls have been referenced in popular culture, including NBC's The West Wing , CW's Gossip Girl ,
115-726: Is also a founding contributor to The Huffington Post . A former trustee of Le Moyne College (2000–2009), Zogby received the Distinguished Alumni Award in June 2000. In 2005, he was awarded Honorary Doctorate Degrees from the State University of New York and the Graduate School of Union University. In 2009, Zogby received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the College of St. Rose. In 2008 he was awarded
138-575: Is the son of Lebanese Catholic immigrants. His brother, James Zogby , is the founder of the Arab American Institute . He graduated from Notre Dame Junior Senior High School . Zogby received a bachelor's degree in history from Le Moyne College in 1970 and a master's degree in history from Syracuse University in 1974. He completed doctoral work (all but dissertation) in 1978. He taught history and political science for 24 years. Zogby launched his first polling company, John Zogby Associates, in 1984, conducting mainly local polls for candidates, parties, and
161-826: The Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, part of Johns Hopkins , Chatham House in London, and the French Institute of International Relations in Paris. His analysis has been published in the New York Times , Wall Street Journal , Financial Times , and publications worldwide. In 1981, Zogby ran for Mayor of Utica, New York. Zogby was a former advisor at the Belfer Center of
184-600: The Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was also a fellow of the Catholic University Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies. He served on the advisory council for Bio-Technology for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and as a Commissioner on the Center for Strategic and International Studies Commission on Smart Power. He previously served on
207-1019: The New York Post , the Atlanta Journal-Constitution , the Miami Herald , the Houston Chronicle , the Buffalo News , and the Albany Times Union . Zogby has been a featured speaker for several associations including the Food Marketing Association, the Texas Cattlemen's Association and the Detroit Economic Club . He has also been the keynote speaker at events sponsored by think tanks including
230-550: The United States Code , Section 875(c), threatening messages in interstate commerce to injure an individual, and violation of Title 18 United States Code Section 245(b)(2)(C), by threat of force or use of force, to interfere with the civil rights of the founder and employees of the Arab American Institute. Syring pleaded guilty to the charges June 12, 2008, was sentenced to prison July 11, 2008, and
253-547: The 1996 presidential election with near precision. Zogby achieved the same level of accuracy with his polling in the following two presidential elections. Zogby has been featured as a live television election analyst for ABC (Australia), BBC, CBC, and NBC News as well as the Foreign Press Center in Washington DC since 1998. Zogby led his company's political polling on behalf of Reuters, NBC News, C-SPAN ,
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#1732772219038276-689: The American political system. It issues "Action Alerts" to its members much like the Anti-Defamation League when issues of particular concern arise. According to its website the organization develops policy initiatives much in the manner of a think tank and encourages its members to contact Members of Congress . The AAI has been designated by the United States Census Bureau as the only Census Information Center for compiling data on Arab-Americans. Limitations of
299-905: The Chancellor's Distinguished Fellows Award from the University of California Irvine. He has also received awards from the American Task Force for Lebanon, and the Arab American Association of Greater Houston. In 2014 he was honored at the Annual One to World Foundation Fulbright Awards Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria. At home, he was named “A Living Legend” by the Oneida County Historical Association and has received
322-451: The Distinguished Alumni Award from Notre Dame High School. Arab American Institute The Arab American Institute ( AAI ) is a non-profit membership organization that advocates for the interests of Arab-Americans . Founded in 1985 by James Zogby , the brother of pollster John Zogby , the organization is based in Washington, D.C. The organization seeks to increase the visibility of Arab-American involvement and candidates in
345-516: The Netflix series House of Cards , Richard North Patterson's novel The Race , game shows such as Cash Cab , the Simpsons , and the 25th Anniversary edition of Trivial Pursuit . Zogby Polls have been cited on The Tonight Show and parodied on The Late Show and NPR's All Things Considered . In 2004 and 2008, he was a guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart . He is the author of
368-469: The congressional-created Advisory Group on Public Diplomacy for the Arab and Muslim World. Zogby is the former chairman of the educational organization Sudan Sunrise. He was chairman of the capital campaign at Mohawk Valley Community College , where he used to teach. He served on the boards of the Arab American Institute and Upstate Venture Connect. He presently serves as Vice-Chairman of Caritas Lebanon USA,
391-531: The media in northeastern US communities through the 1980s. In December 1991, polling for several radio and television stations in Upstate New York, he published a poll in New York State showing that then-President George H. W. Bush was leading the state's governor Mario Cuomo by 6 points in that state. Governor Cuomo decided to not enter the 1992 presidential race the next day. By 1994, Zogby
414-708: The new book Beyond the Horse Race: How to Read Polls and Why We Should (Rowman & Littlefield 2024), as well as The Way We'll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream (Random House, 2008) and is co-author of the First Globals: Understanding, Managing, and Unleashing Our Millennial Generation (with Joan Snyder Kuhl). His previous book, published in 2016, is entitled We Are Many, We Are One: Neo-Tribes and Tribal Analytics in 21st Century America , emphasizes
437-486: The population at more than 3,500,000. They live in all 50 states—the top 11 by population are (in descending order): Two-thirds reside in 10 states; one-third of the total live in California, New York, and Michigan. About 94% live in metropolitan areas ; Los Angeles , Detroit , New York City , Chicago and Washington, D.C. , are the top 5 US metro-areas of Arab-American concentration. Lebanese-Americans constitute
460-507: The relevance of the census, its confidentiality, or did not respond to the question on the sample 'long form' that measures ethnic ancestry". In July 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War , Patrick Syring left three voice mails and sent four emails to the headquarters office of the Arab American Institute. A Federal Grand Jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment on August 15, 2007, charging Syring with violation of Title 18 of
483-502: The sampling methodology, combined with non-response by some, under-response (only two ethnic backgrounds are tabulated and reported), and reporting ancestry as race, results in higher under reporting among Arab Americans. While the 2000 Census accounted for some 1,250,000 persons who self-identify with an Arabic-speaking origin, AAI estimates (based on research done by the Zogby International polling and marketing firm) place
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#1732772219038506-478: Was polling the New York State gubernatorial race for the New York Post and WNYW-Fox 5 . Zogby correctly called the winner, George Pataki , the only pollster to do so. Zogby's company was hired by Reuters news agency to poll the 1996 presidential race. “All hail Zogby, the maverick predictor,” wrote Richard Morin, polling director at The Washington Post , when John Zogby was the only pollster who called
529-518: Was released in January 2009. In 2001, the Coalition of American Assyrians and Maronites rebuked the Arab American Institute in a letter for categorizing Maronite Christians and Assyrians as Arabs. In November 2008, the Arab American Institute sent a letter to Democratic Senate majority leader Harry Reid , as part of a failed attempt to block the reappointment of Senator Joe Lieberman to
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