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| name =Edward Francis "Ed" Renwick<br>

| name =Edward Francis "Ed" Renwick<br>

Professor, pollster, and political analyst)

(Professor, pollster, and<br> political analyst)

| image=Ed Renwick of LA.jpg

| image=Ed Renwick of LA.jpg

| birth_date=June 26, 1938

| birth_date=June 26, 1938

| birth_place =[[Joliet, Illinois|Joliet]], [[Illinois]], US

| birth_place=Joliet, [[Illinois]]

| death_date =March 6, 2020 (aged 81)

| death_date=March 6, 2020 (aged 81)

| death_place=[[New Orleans]], m[[Louisiana}}

| death_place=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]

| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

| occupation=[[Professor]], political analyst

| occupation=[[Professor]], political analyst

| religion=[[Roman Catholics]]

| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]

| spouse=Polly Matthews Renwick<br>(married c. 1974-2020, his death)<br>

| spouse=Polly Matthews Renwick<br>(married c. 1974-2020, his death)<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

}}

}}

'''Edward Francis Renwick''', known as '''Ed Renwick'''  (June 26, 1938 &ndash; March 6, 2020), was a [[political scientist]] whose principal position was a [[professor]] and the former director of the Institute of Politics at Loyola University in his adopted city of [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].<ref name=obit>Edward Renwick Obituary (2020) - New Orleans, LA - The Times-Picayune (nola.com), accessed June 12, 2023.<?ref>

'''Edward Francis Renwick''', known as '''Ed Renwick'''  (June 26, 1938 &ndash; March 6, 2020), was a [[political scientist]] whose principal position was a [[professor]] and the former director of the Institute of Politics at Loyola University in his adopted city of [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].<ref name=obit>Edward Renwick Obituary (2020) - New Orleans, LA - The Times-Picayune (nola.com), accessed June 12, 2023.</ref>

==Career==

==Career==

Renwick was born in [[Joliet, Illinois|Joliet]] [[Illinois]] near [[Chicago]] to Frank and Framces Remenwick. He received a bachelor's degree from [[Georgetown University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] and then took post-graduate studies at the [[University of  Arizona]] in [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]]<ref name=obit/>. In 1967, he moved to Louisiana to complete research for his [[Ph.D.]] dissertation about the colorful [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], Louisiana's first three-term governor who served nonconsecutive terms from 1939-1940, 1948-1952, and 1956-1960). After completing his graduate studies, Renwich remained in New Orleans as a professor at the [[Roman Catholic]] Loyola University in New Orleans and its Institute of Politics. He also became a popular political analyst for WWL-TV, the [[CBS]] affiliate in New Orleans. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Renwich said that he could not leave Louisiana because the state is "heaven for a political junkie".<ref name=edrenwick>{{cite web|url=http://blog.nola.com/elizabethmullener/2008/06/retiring_analyst_ed_renwick_ha.html|title=Maria Montoya, Retiring analyst Ed Renwick has made a career out of Louisiana's civic hijinks, June 29, 2008|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=October 15, 2013}}</ref>

Renwick was born in Joliet, [[Illinois]] near [[Chicago]] to Frank and Framces Renwick. He received a bachelor's degree from [[Georgetown University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] and then took post-graduate studies at the [[University of  Arizona]] in [[Tucson]].

<ref name=obit/>. In 1967, he moved to Louisiana to complete research for his [[Ph.D.]] dissertation about the colorful [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], Louisiana's first three-term governor who served nonconsecutive terms from 1939-1940, 1948-1952, and 1956-1960). After completing his graduate studies, Renwich remained in New Orleans as a professor at the [[Roman Catholic]] Loyola University in New Orleans and its Institute of Politics. He also became a popular political analyst for WWL-TV, the [[CBS]] affiliate in New Orleans. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Renwich said that he could not leave Louisiana because the state is "heaven for a political junkie".<ref name=edrenwick>{{cite web|url=http://blog.nola.com/elizabethmullener/2008/06/retiring_analyst_ed_renwick_ha.html|title=Maria Montoya, Retiring analyst Ed Renwick has made a career out of Louisiana's civic hijinks, June 29, 2008|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=October 15, 2013}}</ref>

According to Renwick:

According to Renwick:

"We're so divided in Louisiana  -- by ethnicity, by race, by religion, by language, by geography. You have the French and the non-French, the Catholics and the Protestants, North and South, black and white, liberal and conservative. Having all these different forces makes the politics lively. It's never boring here. ... Because Louisiana is so divided, it's difficult to put together 51 percent of a legislative body, and if you're going to get anything accomplished, you have to do that. <ref name=edrenwick/></blockquote>

"We're so divided in Louisiana  -- by ethnicity, by race, by religion, by language, by geography. You have the French and the non-French, the Catholics and the Protestants, North and South, black and white, liberal and conservative. Having all these different forces makes the politics lively. It's never boring here. ... Because Louisiana is so divided, it's difficult to put together 51 percent of a legislative body, and if you're going to get anything accomplished, you have to do that. <ref name=edrenwick/></blockquote>

In the 1992 U.S. presidential election, Renwick attributed the defeat of [[U.S. President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] to the [[Reform Party]] candidate, also from [[Texas]], [[Ross Perot]]. Renwick said that the winning candidate [[Bill Clinton]] ran little better among white voters than had the 1988 Democratic nominee, [[Michael Dukakis] of [[Massachusetts]]. "Perot gutted the Republican vote," Renwick told the organization, the Council for a Better Louisiana. Renwick took the view that Bush would have been the alternate choice of the Independent dissenters that year and that the Perot candidacy enable Clinton to win the election with 43 percent of the popular vote.<ref>"Pollster says Perot gutted Republican vote," ''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' November 6, 1992, p. 1.</ref>

In the 1992 U.S. presidential election, Renwick attributed the defeat of [[U.S. President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] to the [[Reform Party]] candidate, also from [[Texas]], [[Ross Perot]]. Renwick said that the winning candidate [[Bill Clinton]] ran little better among white voters than had the 1988 Democratic nominee, [[Michael Dukakis]] of [[Massachusetts]]. "Perot gutted the Republican vote," Renwick told the organization, the Council for a Better Louisiana. Renwick took the view that Bush would have been the alternate choice of the Independent dissenters that year and that the Perot candidacy enabled Clinton to win the election with 43 percent of the popular vote.<ref>"Pollster says Perot gutted Republican vote," ''[[Minden Press-Herald]],'' November 6, 1992, p. 1.</ref>

==Honors==

==Honors==

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