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The Gallup Organization provides a variety of management consulting, human resources and statistical research services. The Gallup Organization has over 40 offices in 27 countries. World headquarters are in Washington, D.C.; operational headquarters are in Omaha, Nebraska. This article or section may contain external links added only to promote a website, product or service â€” otherwise known as spam. ... Flag Seal Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location Location of Washington, D.C., with regard to the surrounding states of Maryland and Virginia. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Gateway to the West Location Location in Nebraska Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Nebraska Douglas Founded Incorporated 1854 1857 Mayor Michael Fahey Geographical characteristics Area City 307. ... Official language(s) English Capital Lincoln Largest city Omaha Area Ranked 16th - Total 77,421 sq mi (200,520 kmÂ²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 430 miles (690 km) - % water 0. ...

The Gallup Organization was founded in 1958, when George Gallup grouped all of his polling operations into one organization. After Gallup's death in 1984, The Gallup Organization was sold to Selection Research, Incorporated (SRI) of Lincoln, Nebraska in 1988. SRI, founded in 1969, had pioneered the use of talent-based structured psychological interviews. George Horace Gallup (November 18, 1901 â€“ July 26, 1984), American statistician, invented the Gallup poll, a successful statistical method of survey sampling for measuring public opinion. ... Nickname: Star City Map Political Statistics Founded 18671 Incorporated 1869 County Lancaster County Mayor Coleen Seng Geographic Statistics Area - Total - Land - Water 195. ...

In 2003, The Gallup Organization moved its operational headquarters to a new "Gallup University" riverfront campus in Omaha.

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Gallup poll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (157 words)
	A Gallup Poll is an opinion poll conducted by The Gallup Organization and frequently used by the mass media for representing public opinion.
	The Gallup Poll is named after its inventor, the American statistician George Gallup.
	Historically, The Gallup Organization has measured and tracked the public's attitudes concerning virtually every political, social, and economic issue of the day, including highly sensitive or controversial subjects.

The Gallup Organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (147 words)
	The Gallup Organization provides a variety of management consulting, human resources and statistical research services.
	The Gallup Organization was founded in 1958, when George Gallup grouped all of his polling operations into one organization.
	After Gallup's death in 1984, The Gallup Organization was sold to Selection Research, Incorporated (SRI) of Lincoln, Nebraska in 1988.

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