John Halpin is a senior fellow at American Progress focusing on campaigns and elections, political ideology, and public opinion analysis. Halpin has been at American Progress since it opened in 2003 and currently serves as the co-director of its Politics and Elections program.
Over a 20-year career in the fields of public opinion and election analysis, Halpin has written extensively on voter attitudes about domestic and foreign policy with research featured in publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Financial Times, The Boston Globe, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, The American Prospect, and The Atlantic. He is the co-author with American Progress founder John Podesta of The Power of Progress: How America’s Progressives Can (Once Again) Save Our Economy, Our Climate, and Our Country, a 2008 book about the history and future of the progressive movement.
Halpin received his undergraduate degree in government from Georgetown University and his M.A. in political science from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He lives in Baltimore with his wife and two children.
What’s the Point? On COVID-19, Americans Now Think the Worst of the Pandemic Is Behind Them
After two years of battling COVID-19, the United States has made important progress and must now take additional steps to prepare for future pandemics.
What’s the Point? Americans Back Strong Action Against Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine
National security concerns among Americans have risen dramatically since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Voters back President Joe Biden’s efforts to impose economic sanctions and send military aid to Ukraine.
Voters Support Enacting Stronger Consumer Protections Online, Antitrust Action for Big Tech Companies
American voters see benefits to new technologies but express a strong desire for checks on technology companies’ power and more consumer protections of data and privacy.
What Do Puerto Ricans Really Think Ahead of the 2020 Elections?
As the nation heads into the final stretch of the 2020 presidential election, it is important to fully assess what is going on in the lives of Puerto Ricans and how these voters view the critical issues facing the country and the island today.
John Halpin, Dr. Stephen Nuño-Perez, Angela Gutierrez
25 Years After the 1994 Crime Bill, Voters Back Criminal Justice Reforms
New CAP Action polling shows that 25 years after the passage of the 1994 crime bill, voters want policymakers to focus more on efforts to enable comprehensive crime prevention and greater fairness in the criminal justice system.
If progressives want to defeat right-wing nationalist parties and leaders globally, they must embrace, rather than ignore, the desire for change among voters.
