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{{Infobox person
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|name=James Lewis "Jim" Ranchino<br>
|name=James Lewis "Jim" Ranchino<br>
(Arkansas political scientist and consultant;<br>[[Professor]] at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia)
(Arkansas political scientist and consultant;<br>Professor at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia)
| birth_date=April 20, 1936
| birth_date=April 20, 1936
| birth_place=Herrin, Williamson County, [[Illinois]]
| birth_place=Herrin, Williamson County, [[Illinois]]
visionary. I will never forget the conversation we had about political polling. He could foresee the art of polling as early as 1970. He allowed me to challenge him on this point. I didn’t believe that it was possible to predict voter behavior in that there were so many variables. Dr. Ranchino was right. Now polling is a basic component of our electoral process. Most memorable was the time he invited me to come to his office the following day to meet ... this man dressed like a [[hippie]], long hair, etc. Dr. Ranchino said to me, L. T., I want to introduce you to Bill Clinton. He became governor of Arkansas and later [[President of the United States]]. Times passes on ... While in the [[University of Arkansas]] School of Law, I again met Bill Clinton as my law professor. ...<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holyspirit777.com/testimony.aspx |title=L. T. Simes, Jr., The Testimony of the Holy Spirit |publisher=holyspirit777.com |accessdate=September 1, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927021021/http://holyspirit777.com/testimony.aspx |archivedate=September 27, 2013 |df= }}</ref></blockquote>
visionary. I will never forget the conversation we had about political polling. He could foresee the art of polling as early as 1970. He allowed me to challenge him on this point. I didn’t believe that it was possible to predict voter behavior in that there were so many variables. Dr. Ranchino was right. Now polling is a basic component of our electoral process. Most memorable was the time he invited me to come to his office the following day to meet ... this man dressed like a [[hippie]], long hair, etc. Dr. Ranchino said to me, L. T., I want to introduce you to Bill Clinton. He became governor of Arkansas and later [[President of the United States]]. Times passes on ... While in the [[University of Arkansas]] School of Law, I again met Bill Clinton as my law professor. ...<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holyspirit777.com/testimony.aspx |title=L. T. Simes, Jr., The Testimony of the Holy Spirit |publisher=holyspirit777.com |accessdate=September 1, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927021021/http://holyspirit777.com/testimony.aspx |archivedate=September 27, 2013 |df= }}</ref></blockquote>
In the 1968 general election, Arkansas was declared "schizophrenic" by political observers for having cast its [[electoral vote]]s for [[George Wallace]], its gubernatorial majority for [[Moderate Republican]] [[Winthrop Rockefeller]], and its [[U.S. Senate]] ballots for [[J. William Fulbright]]. As a result, Ranchino in 1972 published the book ''From Faubus to Bumpers: Arkansas Votes, 1960-1970,''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Faubus-Bumpers-Arkansas-votes-1960-1970/dp/B0006C6GYG|title=Jim Ranchino, Faubus to Bumpers;: Arkansas votes, 1960-1970|publisher=[[Arkadelphia, Arkansas]]: Action Research, 1972|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref> a political analysis of state election during the preceding decade. In the study he concludes that Arkansas voters are flexible and independent and can make consistent ballot choices even if they appear inconsistent.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pu2s11eTlf4C&pg=PA251 |title=Janine A. Parry et al, Readings in Arkansas Politics and Government, |publisher=[[University of Arkansas]] Press at Fayetteville]]|year= 2009|pages=251–252|ISBN=1-55728-902-6|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref>
In the 1968 general election, Arkansas was declared "schizophrenic" by political observers for having cast its [[electoral vote]]s for [[George Wallace]], its gubernatorial majority for [[Moderate Republican]] [[Winthrop Rockefeller]], and its [[U.S. Senate]] ballots for [[J. William Fulbright]]. As a result, Ranchino in 1972 published the book ''From Faubus to Bumpers: Arkansas Votes, 1960-1970,''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Faubus-Bumpers-Arkansas-votes-1960-1970/dp/B0006C6GYG|title=Jim Ranchino, Faubus to Bumpers;: Arkansas votes, 1960-1970|publisher=Arkadelphia, Arkansas: Action Research, 1972|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref> a political analysis of state election during the preceding decade. In the study he concludes that Arkansas voters are flexible and independent and can make consistent ballot choices even if they appear inconsistent.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pu2s11eTlf4C&pg=PA251 |title=Janine A. Parry et al, Readings in Arkansas Politics and Government, |publisher=[[University of Arkansas]] Press at Fayetteville]]|year= 2009|pages=251–252|ISBN=1-55728-902-6|accessdate=September 1, 2013}}</ref>
Ranchino estimated the 1970 Arkansas electorate as 150,000 conservatives, 150,000 liberals, and 300,000 moderates. In his own words, Ranchino offers this analysis from 1970 which has been rendered totally obsolete by the development of political events of the 21st century:
Ranchino estimated the 1970 Arkansas electorate as 150,000 conservatives, 150,000 liberals, and 300,000 moderates. In his own words, Ranchino offers this analysis from 1970 which has been rendered totally obsolete by the development of political events of the 21st century: