Case Studies
Public Opinion Research & Strategic Consulting
Client: New York City Mayor Eric Adams
Eric Adams for New York City Mayor
Survey Research, Focus Groups, Ad Testing
As pollsters and strategists for Eric Adams, we helped to navigate the Brooklyn Borough President to victory over a crowded Democratic primary field for mayor in New York City’s first ranked choice voting election in 2021. Later that year, Tulchin …
Client: Bernie Sanders Campaign
Bernie Sanders for President
Ad Testing, Focus Groups, Survey Research
Overview Tulchin Research served as the pollster for Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign. Our firm directed the entire research operation for the campaign and we are proud of being part of the team that helped put the progressive insurgent in …
Client: Defenders of Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife
Focus Groups, Survey Research
Overview Tulchin has spent years working closely with Defenders of Wildlife on a range of issue advocacy and political efforts around the country. What We Do We have conducted national and statewide polling and focus group research for this leading …
Client: ACLU
Reform the Criminal Justice System
Focus Groups, Survey Research
Overview After decades of a “tough on crime” approach to law enforcement at the federal and state level, the ACLU turned to Tulchin Research as one of its partners to engage in a proactive push to change this dynamic and …
Client: New York State United Teachers and the Campaign that Elected Christine Pellegrino in NY AD9
Winning in Trump Country
Survey Research
Overview When public school teacher and Bernie Sanders delegate Christine Pellegrino entered the special election in this deep-red Long Island district, few insiders took her candidacy seriously. Donald Trump had just won the district with 60% of the vote and …
Client: The Pacific Resources Partnership
Saving the Carpenters Union in Hawaii
Modeling / Data Analytics, Focus Groups, Survey Research
Overview After the Great Recession, the Carpenters Union in Hawaii was in serious trouble. Half of its members were unemployed and new housing developments, a key source of jobs, were stalled. What We Did The Pacific Resources Partnership (PRP) – …
Client: California Federation of Teachers
Making the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share to Invest in the Middle Class – Yes on Proposition 30/ The Millionaire’s Tax in California
Focus Groups, Survey Research
Overview The Great Recession devastated California’s budget, leading to massive cuts to essential services. Yet the right wing blamed public employees and their pensions for the deficits, not the Wall Street bankers who had crashed our economy. What We Did …
Client: Illinois Democrats
Protecting Essential Services in Illinois by Electing Democrats
Survey Research
Overview We poll on behalf of Illinois State House Speaker (and state Democratic chairman) Mike Madigan and the Illinois House Democratic Caucus. What We Did In 2016, we polled in 33 districts on behalf of the Caucus, including helping to …