David Shor leads data science at Blue Rose Research, where he co-founded the firm and works on polling, message testing, and decision tools for progressive organizations. Previously, he led political data science at Civis Analytics and developed election forecasting tools for Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign. His recent research also examines public attitudes toward AI and policy responses.
Co-founder and Head of Data Science
Leads data science for a team developing polling, message testing and decision tools for progressive organizations. His recent research also examines public attitudes toward AI and policy responses.
Head of Political Data Science
Led survey methodology, randomized controlled trials and automated election forecasting. Managed a software and machine-learning team focused on measurement and decision science, and led development of the VoteWithMe app.
Battleground State Elections Analyst
Developed and maintained the campaign’s Golden Report election forecasting system and worked on polling quality control and models for resource allocation.
Founder
Built election forecasts, a multi-state voter database and automated telephone polling tools for candidates and nonprofits.
Visiting Student Research Collaborator
Worked on neuroscience and quantitative political science, including three-dimensional reconstruction, event detection and election forecasting.
Volunteer, Van Dyk for State Senate
Developed a Bayesian voter-turnout system combining party databases and probabilistic partisanship estimates for the state senate campaign.
B.S. in Mathematics
Mathematics study, 2009–2010
