About Kristen.

Kristen Soltis Anderson is a pollster, speaker, commentator, and author of The Selfie Vote: Where Millennials Are Leading America (And How Republicans Can Keep Up).

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 Millennial generation. She also leads focus groups for The New York Times’ opinion section “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 contributing Opinion writer for The New York Times and is on-air political contributor at CNN. 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.

In 2016, Kristen was named one of ELLE’s “Most Compelling Women in Washington,” and in 2013 she was named one of TIME’s “30 Under 30 Changing the World”. 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, daughters Ellie and Sophie, as well as her golden retriever Wally. In her free time, she enjoys growing chili peppers, watching motorsports, and cheering for the Florida Gators.