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Berwood Yost


Berwood Yost, principal in the Michael Young Strategic Research group, is an experienced pollster. He is the head methodologist for the Keystone Poll, an ongoing survey that tracks public attitudes toward public policy issues and political campaigns. The Keystone Poll, one of Pennsylvania’s most respected pre-election survey s, is recognized for its accuracy in forecasting election outcomes.

For clients, the results and analysis of the survey research he designs and administers are vital in helping these organizations and agencies better understand public attitudes, knowledge and behaviors around key issues affecting them.

Berwood is on the faculty of Franklin & Marshall College. He formerly directed the Center for Opinion Research at Millersville University, where he also taught research and public policy.

Some of the organizations that have benefited from his polling work include:
• U.S. Department of Labor
• Penna. Commission on Crime and Delinquency, Turnpike Commission
• Center for Rural Pennsylvania
• Penna. Departments of Health, Environmental Resources, Transportation
• BlueCross BlueShield Association
• Penna. Association of Colleges and Universities
• State System of Higher Education
• National Cancer Institute/Penn State University


Berwood shares his work widely by publishing and speaking at conferences about the results and analysis of survey research he designed and administered. His scholarly research has appeared in journals such as Addictive Behaviors, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, American Journal of Public Health, Nicotine and Tobacco Research, and Tobacco Control. His writings have also appeared in The Polling Report, a journal for the professional survey research community. The results of Berwood’s research have also appeared in major newspapers, including the New York Times, USA Today, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Philadelphia Daily News. As a pollster, Berwood is an astute follower of the state’s Capitol Hill scene and has written three manuscripts on Pennsylvania politics.

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