Bernard Walp - U.S. Peace Corps/Philippines: Survey and in-country analyses of 213 Peace Corps volunteers' reactions to host-country relations difficulties and training issues in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Ferdinand Marcos regime
Bernie Walp
Opinion Pollster
430 Point Lobos Avenue, No. 4
San Francisco 94121-1455
Tel. (415) 386-5013
bernie@berniewalp.com
Public opinion survey research for needs analysis, public affairs problems, and political campaign management. Both qualitative and quantitative techniques are employed. Clients usually require strategic comment and/or specific plans.
SELECTED PROJECTS
Public Institutions:
* Royston Hanamoto Alley & Abey, Mill Valley, California:
o Long-Range Master Plan for Tahoe Donner Association (residential/resort development), Truckee, California
o City of Vacaville, California Recreation Plan
o City of Roseville, California Parks & Recreation Master Plan
o Stevens Creek Park Plan, Santa Clara County, California
* Dangermond & Associates, Sacramento, California:
o Political feasibility studies for tax elections for land acquisition in
+ San Bernardino County, California
+ Riverside County, California
o Parks Master Plan for County of Inyo, California
* City of Lodi, California: Bilingual poll of park and recreation users for needs analysis and funding priorities
* Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey, California): Large scale investigation of public sentiment regarding politically based antagonism then being directed toward the institution
* City of Burbank, California: Political feasibility study for tax election for construction of new public emergency services headquarters
* U.S. Peace Corps/Philippines: Survey and in-country analyses of 213 Peace Corps volunteers' reactions to host-country relations difficulties and training issues in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Ferdinand Marcos regime
Legal projects:
* Defense attorneys seeking change of venue in a sensational trial
* Expert-witness testimony in a trade-name infringement suit
* Defense attorneys in a class-action suit, seeking to demonstrate plaintiff class members' true sentiments
Industry groups facing political challenge:
* Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, who successfully defeated an attempt to banish operations from Santa Cruz County, California
* A timber industry council setting priorities for public-affairs agenda in Northern California's logging counties
I used to manage political campaigns:
Led and designed strategy for 45 political campaigns, 1973 to 1992, throughout California and in states of Vermont, Minnesota and Wisconsin (73% victories). Specialist in polling and strategy development for contested ballot questions, including:
* Two-thirds "yes" vote for a Proposition 13 tax override vote in Pasadena, California
* A "yes" vote for a parks parcel tax in Humboldt County, California
* "Yes" vote for construction of a major water storage reservoir for Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California
* "Yes" vote for a shopping center development in Sonoma, California
* 15 successful campaigns against rent-control initiatives in feisty, "left" cities from Berkeley to Madison to Burlington
In addition to the above, I have designed and carried out opinion-research projects for a number of other political consultants.
BACKGROUND
Twenty-two years' experience in political campaign management incl. thematic development, organization, strategy, radio and television production, press relations; fourteen years' experience designing and administering all aspects of public- opinion research projects incl. telephone polls, intercept surveys, and focus groups. B.A. (Mathematics), San Francisco State University. Thirty-four years' experience in computer programming and statistics.
LINKS
* A more complete list of my polling clients
* The amazing Berkeley Extrasolar Planetary Search Team, whom I serve as a research assistant
* Personal information
