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Hart Research Associates is one of the leading public opinion research firms in the United States. Founded in 1971, our firm has conducted well over 8,000 public opinion surveys, administered and analyzed interviews among more than three million individuals, and conducted over 7,500 focus groups. Since 1989, a highlight of Hart Research’s work has been our participation in regular public opinion polling for NBC News and the Wall Street Journal, a survey that is widely regarded as one of the key barometers of American public opinion. Our firm has become well known for its achievements in helping a diverse range of interests and membership organizations refine their approach to communications and outreach with targeted high-level populations, from Congressional Members and Hill staffers to officials within the administration. Over the course of four decades, Hart Research has built a reputation for conducting our projects with rigor, flexibility, and excellence. Our goal for every project is not just to give clients interesting results, but also to provide succinct, strategic, and actionable recommendations that clients can look to for years to come.

Catalist provides data and data-related services exclusively to progressive organizations to help them better identify, understand, and communicate with the people they need to persuade and mobilize. For nearly a decade, Catalist has been the data utility powering the progressive community. Owned by a trust, we collaborate with data-drive progressive organizations with a variety of goals: issue advocates, organizers, pollsters, analysts, consultants, campaigners, and more. We work with the community, for the community. Catalist compiles, enhances, stores, and dynamically updates data on over 240 million unique voting-age individuals across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Working with Catalist can help you build membership, target persuasive messaging, engage activists, drive an issue agenda, and mobilize voters.

Lake Research Partners is a national public opinion and political strategy research firm founded by Celinda Lake in 1995. We are certified as a woman owned, small business. The firm quickly expanded to become Lake Snell Perry Mermin and Associates, and in 2005 continued to grow through a merger with Decision Research. Our principals are leading information and political campaign strategists, serving as tacticians and senior advisors to a wide range of advocacy groups, labor unions, non-profits, government agencies, companies and foundations, as well as dozens of elected officials at all levels of the electoral process. The firm is national in scope, with offices in Washington, DC, New York, and California, and senior staff located in Washington, Oregon, and Virginia.