Dr. Daron Shaw (University of Texas at Austin) visited Texas State University on Tuesday, October 2, to discuss the Mid-Term elections coming up in November. He conducted a seminar for faculty and majors exploring how scholars and political parties aggregate date to learn how the electorate may vote. Later that afternoon, he spoke to a group of over 150 students and faculty about the upcoming mid-term election, particularly about whether which party would capture control of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. He also discussed polling and how they work and whether to trust them.
Dr. Shaw is a member of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the National Election Studies Board of Overseers, and the editorial board for American Politics Research. He serves on the national decision team for Fox News and on the Advisory Board of the Annette Strauss Institute. He has worked as a survey research analyst in several political campaigns as well as a strategist in the 2000 and 2004 presidential election campaigns. His books include The Race to 270 and Unconventional Wisdom: Facts and Myths about American Voters (co-author).
