Elliott Morris is a data-driven journalist and author living in Washington, DC. He writes the Substack bestseller Strength In Numbers and helps run the polling aggregation and election forecasting website FiftyPlusOne.news.
Elliott was formerly the Editorial Director of Data Analytics at ABC News, where he ran the data-journalism website FiveThirtyEight. Before that, Elliott was a Senior Data Journalist and US Correspondent for The Economist, where he covered American politics and elections and wrote a weekly data column for the paper’s “Checks and Balance” newsletter on U.S. politics.
Books
Strength In Numbers: How Polls Work and Why We Need Them
W.W. Norton, July 2022
In Strength in Numbers, readers will learn how polls work — the political philosophy behind their emergence, the ways in which they first measured the public’s pulse, how those methods have changed over time, and how they might change in the future. Along the way, Morris illuminates how public opinion polls provide a voice for citizens and influence such crucial matters as a party’s selection of presidential candidates, he guides readers through a vibrant history of polling to provide insider context, and he demonstrates how we have underestimated their potential impact.
Speaking
Elliott often speaks at events in his capacity as a data-driven journalist, expert in public opinion polling, professional forecaster, and data scientist. He has given lectures to academic audiences, delivered keynote addresses at corporate retreats for Fortune 500 companies, participated in panels at academic conferences, and appeared as a guest on television, radio, and podcasts.
For paid speaking engagements, Elliott is represented by Chartwell Speakers. To book a speaking engagement please email Karen O’Donnell at karen[AT]chartwellspeakers[DOT]com.
Media and podcasts
For media and podcast (or radio or telegram or post) inquiries, email media[AT]gelliottmorris[DOT]com.
Full media kit can be found here.
Consulting
Elliott is available for consulting engagements on polling and survey research, election (and other) forecasting, data journalism, and related statistical analysis. He has also done work for clients on survey weighting and likely voter modeling, other modeling projects including classical ML prediction problems, Bayesian time-series models, as well as reporting and bespoke analysis of survey data. Working on a new poll? Developing a state-of-the-art forecasting model? Need a report on politics in the U.S. today?
Email consulting[AT]gelliottmorris[DOT]com for inquiries.
Contact
You can contact Elliott by emailing him directly at one of the following emails:
- Rights and other requests related to Elliott’s book writing: Email Lisa Adams at the Garamond Agency: lisa.adams[AT]garamondagency[DOT]com
- Speaking inquiries: karen[AT]chartwellspeakers[DOT]com
- Media invitations: media[AT]gelliottmorris[DOT]com
- Consulting inquiries: consulting[AT]gelliottmorris[DOT]com
- Questions related to polls Elliott has published: polling[AT]gelliottmorris[DOT]com
- To submit a question to Elliott’s monthly Q&A on his newsletter: questions[AT]gelliottmorris[DOT]com
- General contact: contact[AT]gelliottmorris[DOT]com
EMAIL POLICY
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I run several businesses across several teams in compressed working hours from 9am to 3pm ET every weekday. This means I have to be very careful with the time I spend communicating in digital spaces. I check my email once a day at 11:30 AM ET, for half an hour. I will see your email within that window and respond when I have time, usually within 48 hours. I try to reply to every email I get. You can maximize your chance of getting a response by keeping it short and being kind. I take a vacation with my family from late June to mid July every year. I also take two weeks for Christmas and New Years. Do not expect a swift response from me during these weeks.