Kristen Soltis Anderson

Kristen Soltis Anderson is a pollster, speaker, TV personality, New York Times opinion writer, commentator, and author.

Kristen is Founding Partner of Echelon Insights, an opinion research and analytics firm that serves brands, trade associations, nonprofits, and political clients. Through her work at Echelon, she regularly advises corporate and government leaders on polling and messaging strategy, and has become one of the foremost experts on the GOP perspective. She is a contributing opinion writer to The New York Times and leads focus groups for the opinion section’s “America in Focus” series.

Kristen is also a frequent speaker to corporate and political audiences about emerging public opinion trends, having presented at major events such as the Aspen Ideas Festival.

Kristen is a panelist on CNN’s “The Chris Wallace Show” where she dissects the week’s biggest stories and gets to the underlying insights behind our nation’s politics. She is an on-air political contributor at CNN and previously has been a contributor to Fox News Channel and ABC News. She has appeared on programs such as The Daily Show, Meet The Press and HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher. She currently writes the newsletter “Codebook” on Substack.

Kristen has served as a fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics in 2014 and Georgetown’s Institute of Politics and Public Service in 2022. She received her Master’s Degree in Government from Johns Hopkins University and her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the University of Florida. She is a member of the Economic Club of Washington.

Originally from Orlando, Florida, Kristen now resides in Washington, DC with her husband Chris, two daughters and her golden retriever Wally. In her free time, she enjoys growing chili peppers, watching motorsports, and cheering for the Florida Gators.