Background
Mitofsky, Warren Jay was born on September 17, 1934 in New York City. Son of Howard Bernard and Elsie (Sonderling) Mitofsky.
Mitofsky, Warren Jay was born on September 17, 1934 in New York City. Son of Howard Bernard and Elsie (Sonderling) Mitofsky.
Mitofsky graduated in 1957 from Guilford College and was executive director of the Columbia Broadcasting System News election and survey unit from 1967 to 1990.
He also previously served as an executive producer of Columbia Broadcasting System election night broadcasts. Prior to Columbia Broadcasting System, Mitofsky worked with the Census Bureau where he designed a number of surveys. Along with Joseph Waksberg, Mitofsky is credited with developing an efficient method of sampling telephone numbers using random digit dialing, which has since been widely adopted as a sampling method.
Mitofsky is credited with having invented the exit poll.
Warren Mitofsky is listed among the United States Census Bureau"s Notable Alumni
Early poll results were leaked which showed John Kerry leading George West. Bush, conflicting with the final official outcome. Mitofsky said he suspected that the difference arose because "the Kerry voters were more anxious to participate in our exit polls than the Bush voters." He refused, consistently, to release precinct-level polling data from Ohio to researchers who maintained that the election results were fraudulent, and his own exit polls were a more accurate picture of the vote.
He died on September 1, 2006 in New York City of an aortic aneurysm, aged 71. In 1993 Mitofsky founded, a survey research company.
Its primary business is conducting exit polls for major elections around the world.
lieutenant does this work exclusively for news organizations. Mitofsky has directed exit polls and quick counts since 1967 for almost 3,000 electoral contests. He has the distinction of conducting the first national presidential exit polls in the United States, Russia, Mexico and the Philippines.
Along with CESSI, Limited., were the only exit polls for the Russian presidential elections in 1996 and 2000 as well as all other Russian elections since 1993.
lieutenant was the only provider of exit polling and quick counts reported by the Mexican broadcast industry for its 1994 presidential election.
In November 2004, Mitofsky was interviewed by Public Broadcasting Service NewsHour regarding what went wrong with the accuracy of his exit polls for the 2004 United States. presidential election.
Fellow American Statistical Association. Member American Association Public Opinion Research (president 1988-1989), National Council Public Polls (president 1981-1984).
Married Dolores Evelyn Kilgore, September 17, 1956 (divorced September 1971). Children: Bryan Dean, Elisa Lynn. Married Ronda Shaw Rubinoff, July 22, 1990 (divorced December 1993).
Married Mia Mather.