Can Democrats Still Count on the Grass-Roots?
03/11/2021
An internal study by Democratic consultants found that some small-dollar donors plan to cut back on giving. For Democrats who care deeply about progressive causes, Donald Trump’s presidency was a…
BOOK: Campaigning for President 2016
07/18/2017
Strategy and Tactics ABOUT THIS BOOK Coming out of one of the most contentious elections in history, Dennis Johnson and Lara Brown have assembled an outstanding team of authors to…
New Poll Shows Voters Have Strong Interest in Global Affairs
10/19/2012
Voters Split on Isolationism, Concerned about Terrorism and Arab Spring News, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School - October 19, 2012 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – October 19,…
Iowa and New Hampshire: It’s win one or go home
01/05/2012
It may be fashionable to denigrate the importance of the two early contests, but recent history shows that they have a dramatic joint impact. It has become fashionable of late…
Predicting Jewish Vote More Complicated
11/14/2011
Democrats Have Edge, But GOP Aided by Orthodox and Israel Understanding the Jewish vote requires appreciating at least four realities: 1. Impelled by our history and tradition, American Jews remain…
Presidential Politics
08/16/2011
Keith Appell and Mark Mellman talked about the results of the Iowa straw poll and 2012 politics. They also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Watch video
2011 AAM Bipartisan National Poll
08/04/2011
The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) has released the results of a wide-ranging national poll that finds strong common ground among voters across the political spectrum about the nation's economic…
Analysis: How The Parties Fared In The Debt Debate
08/04/2011
Listen to the story Steve Inskeep talks with Mark McKinnon, a strategist who advised George W. Bush and John McCain, and Mark Mellman, a Democratic pollster and political adviser, about…
Military Families with Young Children Seek Greater Access to Child Care & State Pre-K
03/01/2011
Military parents with young children report that the need for early care and education services, including child care, parenting classes and high-quality pre-kindergarten, tops their list of day-to-day needs, according…
Harry Reid: Withstanding the Wave
11/15/2010
Pundits and prognosticators, strategists and seers all said it couldn't be done. Incumbents who garner positive ratings from fewer than four in ten voters and who post double-digit deficits in…