Joel Benenson

Who is Joel Benenson?

Joel Benenson is an American pollster and consultant most widely known for his leading role as a senior strategist for Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns. He is the CEO of Benenson Strategy Group, a strategic consulting consulting firm, and serves as a senior communications and polling advisor to the White House. He has also been a strategist for U.S. senators, governors and mayors from around the country, as well as Fortune 500 companies. He played an integral role as a pollster for the DCCC in 2006, when the Democrats won back the majority in the House of Representatives. Democratic National Committee. The team Benenson was on won eight of 10 races, including three in which incumbents were defeated.

Benenson offers clients a unique combination of communication expertise and an aggressive analytical approach to produce messaging strategies that work in the most difficult situations. His extensive experience, prior to his becoming a pollster in 1995, includes working as a Political Journalist for the Daily News in New York and serving as Communications Director for Gov. Mario Cuomo’s 1994 campaign. He was previously a Vice President at the New York ad agency FCB.