Dan Judy

Dan Judy joined North Star Opinion Research as a Research Analyst in early 2001, and became Vice President in 2009.  In 2012, Campaigns and Elections magazine named him a “Rising Star” in the political consulting industry, and in 2015 he was part of the American Association of Political Consultants’ inaugural “40 Under 40” class.  He works on a wide variety of political, non-profit, and corporate projects from questionnaire development, to fielding, to strategic analysis and presentation, and is also a skilled focus group moderator, having conducted groups on a wide range of topics in dozens of cities across the country.

Dan has helped the winning campaigns of U.S. Senators including Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker, Marco Rubio, and John Kennedy; Governors including Ron DeSantis (FL), and Bill Lee (TN); dozens of members of the U.S. House; and state and local officials across the country.  His public affairs work has focused on transportation (for clients including the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and Transit Planning Board in his home state of Georgia), the environment (for The Nature Conservancy, Trust for Public Land, ClearPath, and Environmental Defense), and health care (for America’s Health Insurance Plans and the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association).  Other clients include the Boy Scouts of America, The Federalist Society, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Dan often offers commentary on polling and the political issues of the day, and his analysis has appeared on network television stations across the country, BBC World TV and Radio, NPR’s Morning Edition, Sirius XM, and in the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, The Hill, and National Journal. He has also served as a panelist at national conferences including ALEC, the American Association of Political Consultants, the Hispanic Leadership Network, and his alma mater The University of Georgia.

Dan graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia with a degree in political science and history and is a member of the American Association of Political Consultants and the American Association for Public Opinion Research.  He has lectured on polling at The University of Georgia, American University, and Cornell University’s Roper Center for Public Opinion Research and served as adjunct faculty at The University of Chicago.

Dan is a passionate fan of the Georgia Bulldogs and Atlanta Braves. He has thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia, run two marathons, and reached the summits of Washington’s Mt. Rainier (14,410 feet), Mexico’s Pico de Orizaba (18,701 feet), Ecuador’s Cayambe (18,996 feet), and Tanzania’s Mt. Kilimanjaro (19,341 feet).  He lives in Alexandria with his wife and 2 children.