📊 Polling Club Strategy Session: Designing a Poll of America’s Political Strategists

About this episode

This episode features a strategy session focused on designing a national survey of political strategists for the upcoming elections.

🗳 Political Trade Secrets: An exclusive Polling Club Strategy Session, designing our Study of America’s Political Strategists. What do the professionals who actually run campaigns think is coming in 2026 and 2028? Join Dustin Olson and American Pulse partner Sean Bartley as we build a first-of-its-kind study of political strategists on both sides of the aisle. This episode captures the real-time process of crafting a national survey on how strategy, tech, fundraising, and defining issues will shape 2026 and 2028. And we’re not just designing it ourselves—we’re asking you what America’s political consultants should be asked. Your input will directly shape the survey questions we field. You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at: 💡 What strategists may be watching for 2026 💡 How methodology choices tilt the results of media polls 💡 How AI is reshaping political advertising, targeting, and persuasion 💡 How polling narratives are being used to spur Congressional retirements What should we ask America’s political consultants? Drop your ideas in the comments or join the Polling Club to help shape the survey. 👉 Unlock the full Strategy Session and join our next LIVE session…

People in this episode

Host: Dustin Olson

Guest: Sean Bartley

Topics covered

• polling
• political strategy
• 2026 elections
• 2028 elections
• AI in politics

Keywords

• political consultants
• survey design
• methodology
• fundraising
• Congressional retirements

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Polling Club

Places: America

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