Partners and VPs
Twelve partners and two Vice Presidents conduct research throughout the country on a wide array of campaigns and issues.
Robert Autry (VA)ContactBack to top
Rob Autry, Partner of Public Opinion Strategies, has emerged as one of the Republican Party's top political tacticians. Called by The New York Times, "the leading Republican polling company," Public Opinion Strategies has 19 U.S. Senators, six governors, and 71 Members of Congress as clients.
Robert Blizzard (VA)ContactBack to top
Robert Blizzard is Vice-President of Public Opinion Strategies, a national political and public affairs research firm. Robert has directed the research efforts for hundreds of political candidates in nearly every U.S. state, for Political Action Committees and Independent Expenditure efforts on both the federal and local levels, and for national party organizations such as the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Alex Bratty (VA)ContactBack to top
Alex Bratty is a Partner with Public Opinion Strategies, a national corporate and public affairs survey research firm with offices in Washington, Denver and Los Angeles. Public Opinion Strategies’ clients include numerous Fortune 500 companies, trade associations, government entities and non-profit charities.
Glen Bolger (VA)ContactBack to top
Glen Bolger is one of the Republican Party's leading political strategists and pollsters. He is a partner and co-founder of Public Opinion Strategies, a national political and public affairs survey research firm whose clients include leading political figures, Fortune 500 companies, and major associations. Public Opinion Strategies has 19 U.S. Senators, six governors, and 71 Members of Congress as clients.
Jim Burton (VA)ContactBack to top
Jim Burton is a partner at Public Opinion Strategies, a leading national political and public affairs research firm. Since joining the firm in January 2002, he has worked on over 1000 research projects. Besides managing research projects, Jim is responsible for the training of the firms project directors and is the liaison with its phone centers and other outside vendors.
Elizabeth Harrington (PA)ContactBack to top
Elizabeth Harrington is a partner at Public Opinion Strategies. Since joining the firm in 1998, the major focus of Elizabeth’s work has been public affairs and public policy research, managing over 25 million dollars of both qualitative and quantitative research projects. During Elizabeth’s tenure at Public Opinion Strategies, she has been promoted from Project Director to Senior Project Director to Vice President to Partner.
Stephen M. Kinney (CA)ContactBack to top
Stephen M. Kinney is a partner of Public Opinion Strategies, L.L.C., one of the nation's premier political and public affairs survey research firms. His institutional knowledge, critical insight, and expertise in survey analyses contribute to his reputation as a highly respected pollster and strategist on the current scene.
Patrick Lanne (NY)ContactBack to top
Patrick Lanne is a Partner at Public Opinion Strategies and is based in upstate New York. Over the last ten years, Patrick has directed and managed nearly a thousand quantitative and qualitative research projects for political candidates, Republican Party organizations, ballot initiatives, trade associations and Fortune 500 companies.
Nicole McCleskey (NM)ContactBack to top
Nicole McCleskey is a Partner with Public Opinion Strategies, a leading national political, public policy, and public affairs research firm. Public Opinion Strategies is widely recognized as the nation’s leading Republican polling firm, listing 19 U.S. Senators, 6 Governors, and over 70 Members of Congress as clients.
Bill McInturff (VA)ContactBack to top
Bill McInturff is a partner and co-founder of Public Opinion Strategies, a national political and public affairs survey research firm. Since its founding in 1991, the firm has completed more than six million interviews with voters and consumers in all fifty states and over a dozen foreign countries, and conducted more than 4,500 focus groups. Called by The New York Times, "the leading Republican polling company," Public Opinion Strategies currently represents 19 U.S. Senators, six governors, and over 70 Members of Congress.
Neil Newhouse (VA)ContactBack to top
Neil Newhouse is a partner and co-founder of Public Opinion Strategies, a national political and public affairs research firm which has been described by the New York Times as “the leading Republican polling company” in the country. Neil has twice been named “Pollster of the Year” by the American Association of Political Consultants, most recently for his work on Scott Brown’s winning Senate campaign in Massachusetts.
Gene Ulm (VA)ContactBack to top
Gene Ulm is one of the Republican Party’s leading political strategists and pollsters. Active in Republican campaigns for 25 years, Gene has extensive experience on behalf of numerous successful U.S. Senate, gubernatorial, congressional and state legislative campaigns.
Lori Weigel (CO)ContactBack to top
Lori Weigel is a Partner with Public Opinion Strategies, based in the firm’s Colorado office. Public Opinion Strategies' clients include 71 Members of Congress, six governors, 19 U.S. Senators and numerous Fortune 500 companies. The firm also conducts corporate image, crisis management and public policy polling for numerous national associations and Fortune 500 companies, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, American Hospital Association, America’s Health Insurance Plans, and the National Association of Realtors. The firm is also the Republican partner for the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, the National Public Radio poll, and the CNBC poll.
Matthew Jason (CA)ContactBack to top
Matthew Jason is the Director of West Coast Operations for Public Opinion Strategies. Jason has worked for Public Opinion Strategies for almost 12 years. During that time, he has overseen the data collection, and assisted with the analysis on, more than 750 research projects. More than 300,000 total interviews have been completed under his supervision of these research projects.