Kavon W. Nikrad Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

• Oversaw all polling aggregation at RealClearPolitics.com during the 2020, 2018, and 2016 U.S. election cycles. Aggregated polling data was utilized to create RCP’s electoral map projections for the U.S. Presidential, Senate, House, and Gubernatorial Elections. • Oversaw aggregation of all “State of the Union” polls, including: Presidential Job Approval, Direction of the Country, Congressional Job Approval, Generic Congressional Ballot, and Public Approval of Health Care Law.• Served as Managing Editor of RealClearPolitics primary election pages: “Election Central: 2020,” "Election Central: 2018," and "Election Central: 2016."• Polling aggregation work has been syndicated by several major news outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Financial Times, Bloomberg News, New York Daily News, Der Spiegel, and Univision; as well as Bing, Verizon Media, and AT&T networks. • Polling aggregation work was featured by cable news outlets such as CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, and CNBC.• Polling aggregation work cited as an authoritative source in numerous media outlets, such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, NBC News, CNN, FOX News, CNBC, The Telegraph, The Guardian, Daily Mail, The Independent, The New Yorker, Slate, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Vox, Politico, The Nation, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, The Des Moines Register, Washington Monthly, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, among others.• Polling aggregation work cited as an authoritative source by think tanks such as the Brookings Institution and the American Enterprise Institute. • Utilized Intelligent Aggregation skills to create and publish overnight updates to the front page of RealClearPolitics.com twice a week.• Developed and maintained key relationships with academics, pollsters, and communications professionals. • Oversaw staff of Junior and Associate Editors.

• Opinion columns appeared in various news outlets such as USA Today and Roll Call.

• Built one of the largest and most vibrant online political communities during the 2012 Presidential election, with daily traffic exceeding 100,000 unique visitors and nearly 1 million page views at the height of the campaign season. Comments on individual posts frequently exceeded 1,000 unique comments. • 14 million pageviews, 27,000,000 total hits, and over 275,000 individual comments. • Race 4 2012 was continuously listed on Technorati.com’s “Top 100 U.S. Political Blogs” and “Top 100 Political Blogs.”• Oversaw a staff of over fifteen editors and writers. Responsible for talent recruitment, daily management, and editing. • Expanded proficiency in HTML and applications associated with social networking.• Recognized as a Top 10 Online Political Influencer – Forbes.com

• Built one of the largest and most vibrant online communities during the 2008 Presidential election, with daily traffic exceeding 100,000 unique visitors and nearly 1 million page views at the height of the primary season. Comments on individual posts frequently exceeded 1,000 unique comments. • 13 million pageviews, 24,000,000 total hits, and over 250,000 individual comments.• Race 4 2008 was continuously listed on Technorati.com’s “Top 100 U.S. Political Blogs” and “Top 100 Political Blogs.” • Oversaw a staff of over twenty editors and writers. Responsible for talent recruitment, daily management, and editing. • Granted personal/exclusive Interviews with many Republican presidential contenders, including: John McCain, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, and Sam Brownback. • Invited to travel and ”blog from the campaign trail” with the presidential campaigns of Mike Huckabee and Sam Brownback in the lead up to the Iowa Presidential Caucuses.• Gained proficiency in HTML and applications associated with social networking.

Master Of Public Affairs, Humphrey School Of Public Affairs

Humphrey School Of Public Affairs, Policy Fellow - Public Policy

Bachelor Of Science, Double Major In Political Science And Criminal Justice