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Neil Newhouse is a partner and co-founder of Public Opinion Strategies, a national political and public affairs survey research firm whose clients include leading political figures, Fortune 500 companies and major trade associations.
Public Opinion Strategies has been described by the New York Times as "the leading Republican polling company" in the country and the firm was named "Pollster of the Year" by the trade publication "Campaigns and Elections" for its work in the 2002 election cycle.
Neil has worked in public opinion research for more than 25 years, directed the research for thousands of individual projects and has experience in every aspect of opinion research. Neil has twice been named as one of the "Money 20" political consultants in the country who make a difference.
Neil has worked in the political field for more than 30 years, including stints as a Congressional Chief-of-Staff, a field representative for the Republican National Committee and as Political Director of the US Chamber of Commerce.
Neil has won praise from both sides of the aisle, described by Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Ed Rendell as "one of the most respected pollsters in the country" and recruited by Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) to provide polling and strategic guidance in his successful 2006 Independent bid for US Senate in Connecticut.
Neil also has extensive international experience, having completed various research projects in Australia, Jamaica, Kuwait, Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine and Venezuela.
Prior to co-founding Public Opinion Strategies, Neil was executive Vice-President of The Wirthlin Group. Neil is originally from Kansas City, graduated from Duke University and attended graduate school at the University of Virginia. He currently lives in Alexandria with his wife (of 21+ years) and their two children.

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