John Anzalone is one of the nation’s top pollsters and messaging strategists. He has spent decades working on some of the toughest political campaigns in modern history and helping corporations, trade associations, and advocacy groups navigate complex challenges and achieve their goals.
John has polled for four of the past five presidential races, serving as chief pollster for President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign. In that role, he helped develop the messaging and strategy that drove paid communications, major policy rollouts, speeches, and convention thematics. He also polled for the campaigns of President Barack Obama (2008 & 2012) and Hillary Clinton (2016), and he has helped elect dozens of U.S. senators, governors, and members of the House of Representatives. John currently polls for Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Pete Aguilar, Chair of the Democratic Caucus and the third ranking member in the House. In 2026, John will lead the strategic team for Roy Cooper’s run for U.S. Senate in North Carolina.
John helped found the Wall Street Journal poll with GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio, which has become the premier national and battleground media poll in the country. He also has teamed with Fabrizio to conduct bipartisan polling for AARP nationally and in every battleground state each election cycle.
With more than 30 years of experience in message development and strategic execution, John has been called on by key decision-makers, executives, and CEOs to provide counsel in a changing world and marketplace. With extensive experience using research and data to break down complex subjects into digestible messages that resonate with target audiences, John has successfully helped his clients craft winning platforms and earn public support time and time again. He sees his role as providing clients with clear guidance on what to say and whom to say it to. John currently works for AT&T, Coinbase, AFLAC, and Southern Company, to name a few.
John grew up in St. Joseph, Michigan, and graduated from Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan. John is married, has four grown children, two great dogs, and lives in Inlet Beach, Florida. He roots for the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Chicago Cubs.