Peter D. Hart

Peter D. Hart is a retired consultant and pollster who founded Hart Research, where he served as chairperson from 1971 to 2020.

Early life and education Hart received his BA at Colby College in 1964.

Career

Hart Research In 1971, Hart founded the firm Hart Research to measure public opinion.

NGOs and institutions like Smithsonian Institution, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Habitat for Humanity, the ACLU, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Kennedy Center are clients of Peter D. Hart Research Associates, as well as corporations such as Boeing, Time-Warner, American Airlines, Coca-Cola, IBM, Fannie Mae, AT&T, and Tiffany & Co.

Hart retired as chairman following the 2020 presidential election.

Academia and media Hart has lectured about public opinion and public policy at Duke University's Sanford Institute of Public Policy, the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Harvard Kennedy School.

Hart is frequently invited to major television programs, such as Meet the Press, The Today Show, and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, to discuss public policy issues.