From Deseret News archives:
Pollster Dan Jones deserving of honor
Your columnists (who will be at the event) are disciples of Jones and offer their perspective on the guru of survey data.
Pignanelli: Yoda is the mythical father figure and spiritual leader of the Star Wars movies. This older, diminutive, sometimes grumpy figure has been enormously popular among generations of the young who respect his wisdom, courage and unique charisma. These characteristics also describe an actual human being Dan Jones.
Every year, hundreds of Jones' student proteges serve as interns, assistants and support for a multitude of political activities, including the Legislature, U.S. Congress, media, special interest organizations, lobbyists and nonprofit advocacy groups; all of them under the sway of the Utah Yoda.
High-powered political and business leaders revert to a student demeanor when in the presence of Jones. They beseech him for advice and counsel on their political careers or trends of thought in the populace. A much-requested speaker, Jones always captures the imagination of the audience with his love of democracy and insight from his polling enterprise. On at least two occasions I witnessed very masculine men cry at the end of a Jones' speech rallying a rededication to democracy.
Recent comments
Dr. Jones used his "YODA JEDI" mind trick on me and I switched from a...
M. | April 2, 2008 at 5:32 p.m.
Dr. Jones is a great man. I enjoyed my classes at the U from him. He...
Andrew | March 30, 2008 at 8:50 a.m.
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