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Harstad
Research Gets A 2009 'Pollster of the Year' Award from the
American Association of Political Consultants. READ
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Research Shares The ARF 2009 David Ogilvy Gold Medal Award in
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HARSTAD
STRATEGIC
RESEARCH,
inc ————
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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)
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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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