A Day in the Life of a Pollster - Strategy, Messaging, and Probability - a podcast by Jim OBrien

• Michael Bloomfield grew up in Cleveland, Ohio before attending the University of Michigan
• He began his career in politics working as an unpaid Senate staffer, which he parlayed into a foreign policy position with Sen. Ted Kennedy
• After running a few local campaigns in college, he went back to Capitol Hill and worked as a staffer to Sen. Howard Metzenbaum and Sen. Don Riegle
• Following a brief stint with a family investment business, he joined AIPAC, and was with them for roughly 10 years, rising to the rank of Political Director
• At the time he was with AIPAC, the organization had about 100 staffers - it has since almost tripled in size
• He has been with his current firm, the Mellman Group, for almost 20 years
• The Mellman Group is a polling and market research firm, which does work for political campaigns, industry groups, companies, and non-profits
• The polling/surveying industry is rapidly changing, thanks in part to the advent of the internet and cell phones
• Despite the changes, however, live-call polling is still the most effective form of polling 
• Michael is an avid marathon runner

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