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Dan E Jones Life in pIcs Nov 2018
Dan E. Jones is an American educator and political pollster from Utah. A Professor and Associate Director of University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics from 1978 to 2013, many of his former students are involved in Utah politics at every level. Kirk Jowers, current director of the Hinckley institute, has said that “Dan Jones has had the largest impact of probably anyone in Utah on civic participation.” Jones is the co-founder of public opinion polling group Dan Jones & Associates, Utah's most prominent polling firm.
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Personal Life, Education, and Career
Jones is co-founder of Dan Jones & Associates, a public opinion and market research firm incorporated in 1980 that was acquired by Utah research and strategy firm Cicero Group in 2010. In 2015, Dan and Patricia Jones were recipients of the first "Insight Award" from nonprofit research organization Utah Foundation.
Jones has a Doctorate in Political Science from the University of Utah. He is married to Patricia W. Jones, a former politician and the current director of the Utah Women's Leadership Institute. They have four children and three step-children.