Doug Rivers is one of the world’s leading experts on survey research and a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur. He has taught at Harvard University, Caltech, UCLA, and, most recently, Stanford University, where he is Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution.
Doug has founded two successful technology companies, Preview Systems and Knowledge Networks. Preview Systems pioneered the field of digital rights management, conducted a successful IPO in 1999 and was sold in 2001. As CEO of the company he was named Executive of the Year (2000) by Research Business Report and received the Innovator's Award by the American Association of Public Opinion Research (2001).
He is also a CBS News consultant and has published academic papers in numerous journals including the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science and the American Economics Review, to name a few. He holds a B.A. from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from Harvard University
ArticleKamala Harris' debate win hasn't yet won her new voters, but more like her and see her as qualified
Harris was the clear winner of the debate but her narrow lead over Trump in the election was the same after the debate as before it.
12 Sep 2024- Article
Kamala Harris holds a narrow lead over Donald Trump in YouGov's first MRP estimates of the 2024 presidential election
We have Harris leading in 23 states and Washington D.C. with 256 electoral votes and Trump leading in 25 states with 235 electoral votes.
11 Sep 2024 - Article
Kamala Harris leads in four of seven swing states in the latest Times/SAY24 polling
YouGov polled Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and showed Harris leading in four. Democratic candidates lead in all five states with a Senate race.
06 Sep 2024 - Article
Times/SAY24 swing-state polls show Biden trailing and Democratic Senate candidates leading
YouGov polled seven battleground states – Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin – and showed the long odds Biden faces for getting re-elected. Democratic Senate candidates are doing better.
15 Jul 2024 - Article
More Americans strongly disapprove of Trump's handling of the COVID pandemic than of Biden's
Among Americans overall, Biden receives higher marks than Trump in his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic — or, more precisely, Trump receives very low marks and Biden receives somewhat low marks.
12 Sep 2022 - Article
Parents are more likely to oppose pandemic restrictions
A recent YouGov poll finds that parents of school-age children are less likely than other Americans to favor implementing five safety measures in the event of a future serious pandemic.
30 Aug 2022 - Article
Pro-choice Americans lose confidence in the country's direction
Among Americans supporting most or all abortions being legal, the share who say the country is heading in the right direction has fallen sharply in the last two months.
08 Jul 2022 - Article
Asked four ways, Americans are more likely than not to want Roe v. Wade upheld
A compilation of data from four recent YouGov Polls indicates that more Americans do not want Roe v. Wade overturned than want it overturned, even when they are asked in different ways.
09 Jun 2022 - Article
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine unites Democrats and Republicans against him and Russia
The Economist/YouGov poll has tracked Democrats’ and Republicans’ opinion regarding Russia and Putin for years: asking whether Russia is a friend or foe in more than 150 of the weekly polls since June 2009, and how favorably people view Putin nearly 50 times since January 2014.
09 May 2022 - Article
By 57% to 43%, ‘no’ leads in California gubernatorial recall election
Among likely voters in a new California poll conducted by YouGov, 57% percent say they will vote “no” on recalling Governor Gavin Newsom on September 14, while only 43% say they will vote “yes.”
08 Sep 2021