Travis N. Taylor, PhD

Public Opinion Researcher, Strategic Consultant, and Social Scientist

Travis N. Taylor, Ph.D., is the senior market research manager at the Center for Excellence in Polling, a project of the nonpartisan think tank, the Foundation for Government Accountability. He is also the president and chief research officer at Strategic Insights Research, LLC, a professional research group that works in polling, trial consulting, and market research for faith-based organizations and businesses. He has previously worked as a campaign manager, campaign consultant, state legislative aide, congressional legislative correspondent, and university instructor. He has managed or consulted for more than eighty political campaigns and dozens of trials in both state and federal courts and has conducted more than 300 public opinion research projects.

Dr. Taylor has published academic research in Journal of Law and Courts, Judicature, The Jury Expert, Critique, and the Oxford Handbook of Political Representation in Liberal Democracies. He has also contributed numerous op-eds and media commentary, including in RealClearPolitics, The Hill, Congressional Quarterly Roll Call Guide, CQ Connectivity, The Washington Times, The Free Press, The Blaze, Daily Caller, The Daily Beast, Wisconsin State Journal, KJRH 2News (Tulsa, OK, NBC affiliate), Cincinnati Enquirer (Ohio), Louisville Courier-Journal (Kentucky), WRFL Radio (Kentucky), and LaCrosse Tribune (Wisconsin). Democracy InAction is his first book.

He has also testified in the Ohio Senate, the Ohio House of Representatives, and the Indiana House of Representatives.

Dr. Taylor earned his Ph.D. in political science with an emphasis on public opinion, state judicial selection, and public policy from the University of Kentucky. He also holds a master’s degree in political science from the University of Kentucky, a master’s degree in political management from The George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Louisiana.

When he is not asking voters or jurors for their opinions, he enjoys spending time with his family, reading, tae kwon do, and cycling. He lives with his wife and their two sons outside Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is active in both his church and community.