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Doug Usher, Ph.D., Vice President
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Doug Usher is a Vice President at The Mellman Group. Usher has
extensive experience in analyzing both the determinants and
the effects of public opinion, mass policy preferences and electoral
vote choice. His most recent campaign work includes Frank Lautenberg’s
Senate victory in New Jersey, the reelection campaigns of Senator
Carl Levin, Representatives Steny Hoyer and Richard Gephardt,
and Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist. His current campaign work
includes the re-election campaign of Senator Barbara Boxer,
in addition to ongoing polling for the Democratic National Committee
and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. His corporate
work includes projects for Coca Cola and Intuit, the makers
of Quicken. He is also involved in work for a wide range of
public interest groups and labor unions, including the California
Teachers Association, the Sierra Club, the Wilderness Society,
the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Council of Great City Schools,
the Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association, and the
Trust for America’s Health.
Usher has appeared on MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News, National Public Radio, and CBC TV in Canada for his analysis of elections and political trends.
Usher holds a Masters and Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University, with a focus on American politics, advanced statistical techniques and survey methodology. A portion of his dissertation was recently published in Political Research Quarterly. While at Cornell, he taught introductory courses in American politics, the U. S. Congress and Constitutional Law. Originally from Washington, D.C., Usher received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan.
Prior to joining The Mellman Group, he served as a research consultant for Clinton-Gore ‘96, and the Democratic National Committee. He has also been a researcher and staff writer at People for the American Way, a non-profit constitutional liberties group, and the Capitol Group, a lobbying firm in Washington.
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