David Shor
David Shor is a data scientist and political consultant known for analyzing political polls and helping progressive groups around measurement, resource allocation, and content testing. David is the Head of Data Science at Blue Rose Research, and a Senior Fellow with the Center for American Progress Action Fund. His work at Blue Rose aims to develop a data-based model to predict the outcome of future elections on the basis of simulations, designed in particular to advise the Democratic Party in campaign strategies. David was one of the field’s young stars, pioneering ways to survey huge numbers of Americans and experimentally test their reactions to messages and ads. He was described in New York Magazine as Obama's "In-House Nate Silver" for his work on the president's re-election campaign. Prior to joining Blue Rose, he worked as a senior data scientist with Civis Analytics for 7 years, where he operated the company's web-based survey and polling operation.
David Shor Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Head of Data Science
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Visiting Student Research Collaborator
Academic History
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B.S., Mathematics
OBAMA CAMPAIGN
David joined the Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign, working on the team that tracked international and external polls and developed forecasts.
He was responsible for building and maintaining the campaign's election forecasting system, which accurately predicted the outcome to within a point in every state.
He was also the primary input to the campaign's resource allocation decisions in the 2012 election.
CIVIS ANALYTICS
He oversaw a research and development program that interviewed millions of people for individual campaigns and electoral organizations.
He developed an automated forecasting product used by large swathes of Democratic party leadership to help them win.
He also worked in operationalizing and interpreting hundreds of large RCTs, and reduced Civis' unit costs by over an order of magnitude.
He advised a number of liberal political action committees during the 2020 United States elections.