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
articleMore 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 - article
YouGov 2020 MRP Model Forecasts
Doug Rivers and Delia Bailey provide details of how YouGov's MRP model works and what the results show for the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
03 Nov 2020 - article
Switching Lanes?
The second wave of the CBS/YouGov Delegate Model was released this morning on Face the Nation. We are still six months away from any delegates actually being chosen, but the data do suggest how the race is shaping up.
21 Jul 2019 - article
Deep polarization in reactions to Ford-Kavanaugh hearings
More believe Ford than Kavanaugh, but little movement in support for confirmation
29 Sep 2018 - article
CBS News/YouGov Battleground Tracker
The latest edition of the CBS News/YouGov Battleground Tracker was conducted on June 21-22 with interviews of 2,063 U.S. adults. It shows a deeply polarized nation.In this round of polls, CBS chose to focus on three crucial Senate races. We conducted separate polls in Arizona, Florida and Texas.
24 Jun 2018