Michael Young, Ph. D.


Michael, managing director of Michael Young Strategic Research, brings more than 25 years of research prowess into play to serve his clients’ needs. Blending the best of academic expertise with real life research solutions, Michael has been a University professor and a consultant to more that 100 public and private agencies including:

• Melon Bank
• Pennsylvania Medical Society
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
• The Center for Rural Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry
• WQED-TV
• Pennsylvania Department of Aging
• Blue Cross
• Pennsylvania – American Water Company

He is an active pollster and media analyst, appearing on radio and TV to discuss politics and public affairs including Cable News Network (CNN) and National Public Radio (NPR). Michael founded the Television debate format program First Thursday, broadcast statewide in Pennsylvania by PCN, and is a co-columnist of Politically Uncorrected (with G. Terry Michael), a syndicated commentary distributed nationally. He has also been a consultant to CBS’s Harrisburg affiliate and has done political analysis for the Pennsylvania Radio Network Inquirer News Night, WIFT-TV and PCN.

His more than 100 opinion and commentary articles appear in dozens of newspapers and magazines including USA Today, the Philadelphia Inquirer; the Pittsburgh Post Gazette; the Harrisburg Patriot, the Pittsburgh Tribune and the Arizona Republic and Cap Wire Dot Com. His comments and analysis are reported in national and international newspapers, such as the New York Times; USA Today; Chicago Tribune; Boston Globe; the Los Angeles Times; and The International Herald Tribune.

Michael has published three books. His first book, The American Dictionary of Campaigns and Elections (1987), has become a standard reference in American electoral politics. His second book, The Classics of Polling, appeared in 1990. His third book, The Dictionary of Polling published in 1992 was named outstanding academic book of the year by Choice.

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Michael Young, Ph.D.
Managing Partner

Hershey Main Post Office
Box 526
Hershey, PA 17033-0526

tel: (717) 566-7323
Email: young@michaelyoungresearch.com

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