Michael P. McDonald

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Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies

An expert on voting, redistricting, and statistics, Michael McDonald has consulted for organizations such as the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, and on topics such as redistricting in specific states and national exit polling. | View Full Bio

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Contact

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Expertise

  • Election administration
  • Polling
  • Redistricting
  • U.S. campaigns and elections
  • Voter turnout

Experience

Current Positions

  • Associate Professor, George Mason University, Department of Public and International Affairs

Past Positions

  • Visiting Fellow, Brookings (May 2004-December 2006)
  • Election Assistance Commission (Feb. 2005-present)
  • Guest Editor, Editorial Board member, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, National Exit Poll
  • Media Consultant
  • Redistricting consultant for Alaska, Arizona, California, Michigan, New York
  • Campaign consultant in California and Virginia state legislative elections
  • previously taught at University of Illinois, Springfield and Vanderbilt University

Education

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 1998-1999
  • Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
  • B.S., Economics, California Institute of Technology, 1989

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