Who We Are.

Named “Pollster of the Year” three times by the American Association of Political Consultants, The Mellman Group has provided sophisticated opinion research and strategic advice to political leaders, public interest organizations, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies for over 30 years.

All told, The Mellman Group has helped win over fifty senate and gubernatorial races, and nearly one hundred House race contests. We helped defeat an anti-vaccination initiative in Maine and assisted Jared Golden in winning re-election by 6 points in a district Trump won by 7. We helped Tony Evers defeat Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in what The Washington Post called “…potentially the greatest victory in the midterms” of 2018. We helped Leader Harry Reid win re-election when all other polls said he’d lose, helped Catherine Cortez Masto become the nation’s first Latina Senator, and helped elect Democrats to Montana’s governorship four straight times and Washington’s governorship three times.

Over the years, we helped elect a long list of effective public servants including Governors Jennifer Granholm, Jim Doyle, and Brian Schweitzer; Senators Maria Cantwell, Barbara Boxer, and Jon Tester; Congressional Whip Steny Hoyer and Members Annie Kuster, Seth Moulton, and Dan Kildee.

Many of the United States’ most important public interest organizations, including the SAFE: Securing America’s Future Energy, the Alliance for American Manufacturing, America’s Natural Gas Alliance, the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Cancer Society, the Sierra Club, the AFL-CIO, the National Education Association, the California Teachers Association, Emily’s List, the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, the World Wildlife Fund, Independent Sector, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, and the League of Women Voters have turned to The Mellman Group for research-based strategy. In the foundation community we have been honored to work for Pew Charitable Trusts, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Packard Foundation and the Ford Foundation among others.

Corporate clients including such diverse businesses such as Coca-Cola, MGM Resorts, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Intuit (the makers of Quicken), the Washington Wizards, the Oakland (soon to be Las Vegas) Athletics, Fortune magazine, Janus Mutual Funds, Madison Square Garden, Dr. Pepper/7-Up, MassMutual Life Insurance, MGM Resorts International, and United Airlines have turned to The Mellman Group for consumer research, brand repositioning, crisis communications messaging, and public policy analysis.

We count numerous government agencies among our clients, such as the World Bank, the U.S. Departments of State and Labor, and the Health Care Financing Administration.  The Department of Justice called upon The Mellman Group to conduct public opinion research for its Supreme Court defense of campaign finance laws, making us the only research firm to be cited in a Supreme Court opinion.

At The Mellman Group, we are experts in how people make decisions. We maintain our competitive advantage by continually consulting with other experts, including leading academic researchers and tens of thousands of individual decision-makers who determine our clients’ fortunes – average consumers and voters. By maintaining close links with leading academic innovators, we are able to stay on top of the latest developments in sampling design, data analysis, and qualitative research, including online research, and text to cell surveys.

Combining the academic and the practical has enabled us to build an unparalleled reputation for accuracy and quality. We offer our clients sophisticated qualitative and quantitative techniques that deliver winning strategies while saving them time and money. Our advanced sample modeling techniques are setting the industry standard for accuracy in quantitative research. Our techniques help us separate what works best from what merely works well. Whether it’s a campaign for political office, selling a product, or changing beliefs on an issue, we know how to find the messages and strategies that help shape the way people act, think and vote. Our research-based strategies help ensure our clients win.