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HARSTAD STRATEGIC RESEARCH is a research firm specializing in political polling, PR research, market research, and strategic consulting. The firm's range of client experience includes elected officials, trade associations, public interest organizations, education and health institutions, and telecommunications.

HARSTAD STRATEGIC RESEARCH CEO Paul Harstad has over a quarter century experience in political and market research and consulting. He has achieved a remarkable record of winning elections and offering successful and innovative strategies for positioning, messaging, marketing, and targeting.

In 2008, we helped Barack Obama achieve his historic victory. We polled in the critical Iowa caucuses, and a dozen other primary states, before providing polling and analysis in nearly a dozen Battleground states in the general election.

In addition to working with the Obama campaign in 2008, Harstad Research helped Democrats win important pickups in the U.S. Senate (Mark Udall in Colorado) and the House of Representatives (Walt Minnick in Idaho's 1st CD).

Two more of our longtime U.S. Senate clients also won reelection with our help in 2008 -- Tom Harkin in Iowa and Jack Reed in Rhode Island.
In 2006, we helped elect Claire McCaskill -- in perhaps the toughest Senate pick-up for Democrats -- and for the second time we helped make the difference in control of the U.S. Senate.
In 2004, Harstad Research helped elect the only 2 new Democratic Senators out of 10 first-term Senators elected that year -- Barack Obama of Illinois and Ken Salazar of Colorado. We're thrilled to have helped launch them on their paths to becoming President-Elect and Interior Secretary-Designate.

Paul Harstad with U.S. Senators
Ken Salazar and Barack Obama
(January 2005)

A few of our other clients include the National Education Association (NEA), Stanford University, American Cancer Society, Environmental Defense, Common Cause, Tobacco-Free Kids, and the League of Conservation Voters.

At HARSTAD STRATEGIC RESEARCH, our purpose is to ensure that our clients achieve their goals.

We listen to clients to make certain we understand their goals.
We design research specifically to produce actionable results.
We are motivated by client success.
We measure success in terms of electoral victories, proven accuracy, effective messaging, image enhancement, and policy improvements.

It is not by accident that we have won 42 of our last 47 statewide general elections for U.S. senator, governor, and president in key Battleground states. Our record includes winning 14 of our last 15 statewide referenda campaigns.

In addition, we are very generous contributors to the progressive movement, notably to think tanks that conduct background research on behalf of the working poor and needy.

Located at 5350 feet, in Boulder, Colorado, HARSTAD STRATEGIC RESEARCH is a mile ahead of the competition not only in altitude, but also in vision, strategy, and quality.

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