Politics
The partners at Beacon Research each have more than two decades’ experience helping political candidates win elective office at all levels, from mayor, county executive, district attorney and sheriff to state legislator, governor, member of Congress, and president. We bring a distinct, outside the Beltway perspective to all the races we work on.
Issue & Advocacy
We have conducted polling and focus group research for ballot initiatives and issue and advocacy campaigns in cities and states across the country. We have worked on scores of public policy issues facing advocacy groups, labor unions, nonprofits, and businesses – from health care and public education, to the environment, LBGTQ rights, gun safety, transportation, economic development, casino gaming, marijuana legalization and more.
Corporate
We have worked with a wide range of companies, large and small, conducting market, internal, and public opinion research. We know how to ask thought-provoking, insightful questions that produce useful results – results that can be translated into effective marketing and communications campaigns and employee engagement.
A Track Record of Success Across Sectors and Issues
Beacon Research partners have worked with political candidates, nonprofits, ballot initiatives, corporations, foundations and more.
ACLU of Massachusetts
For over a decade, we’ve worked with the ACLU to understand public opinion on crucial social justice issues like privacy, drug policy, criminal justice reform and voter education.
Governor Maura Healey
We are proud to have provided research and advice to Maura Healey since her 2014 campaign for Attorney General and through her historic election as Governor in 2022.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mass.
We’ve conducted dozens of studies for this leading insurer, including this 2022 study on health care costs.
Attorney General Andrea Campbell
We were pollsters and advisors to Andrea Campbell in her groundbreaking election victory to become Massachusetts Attorney General.
Fox News
Since 2011, we’ve been the Democratic pollster, partnering with Republican firm Shaw & Company, on the Fox News Poll. The Fox News Poll has earned an “A” rating from FiveThirtyEight.
Tom Steyer for President Campaign
Beacon Research was the lead polling firm for Tom Steyer’s 2020 presidential campaign, conducting polling and focus group research throughout the country.
NY Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee (DACC)
We have advised DACC for more than 25 years, conducting literally hundreds of polls and focus groups throughout the most competitive districts in the state, and have played a key role in helping create the over 100-seat majority that the Democrats currently enjoy.
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute
Since 2018, Beacon Research has worked on an annual, bipartisan national survey of U.S. adults’ attitudes toward defense and national security for the Reagan Institute’s yearly Reagan National Defense Forum.
Northwind Climate
As part of the research arm of Northwind Climate, we helped create a psychographic model which better predicts consumer purchasing decisions than traditional demographics. We are consistently in the field conducting consumer research, message testing and segmentation modeling with an exclusive climate focus.
U.S. Senator Angus King
Beacon Research worked closely with the Maine independent while he sought reelection for a third term as Senator.
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren
We worked on Elizabeth Warren’s winning U.S. Senate campaign in 2012, and her reelection campaigns in 2018 and 2024.
Massachusetts Nurses Association
For over a decade, we’ve surveyed nurses across Massachusetts. The State of Nursing survey has helped bring awareness to issues staffing, workplace violence, and patient care standards.
A Track Record of Success Across Sectors and Issues
- 1199 SEIU
- 509 SEIU
- 97 Percent
- ACLU of Massachusetts
- ACLU of Virginia
- AT&T
- Baerlein & Partners
- Barr Foundation
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Blue Cross Blue Sheild of Kansas
- Bose
- Boston Children’s Hospital
- Cambridge Health Alliance
- Citizens’ Housing & Planning Association
- Connecticut Education Association
- Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee
- Dewey Square Group
- DLA Piper
- Education Trust – New York
- Eli Lilly
- Environmental Voter Project
- Empire Pride
- Fidelity Investments
- Fox News Channel
- Governor Deval Patrick
- Governor Maura Healey
- Harvard University
- John Kerry for President Campaign
- Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll
- Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau
- Massachusetts Association of Health Plans
- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell
- Massachusetts Democratic Party
- Massachusetts Hospital Association
- Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Massachusetts Nurses Association
- Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition
- Michigan Nurses Association
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller
- New Yorkers Against Gun Violence
- Northwind Climate
- Rep. Niki Tsongas
- Rhode Island Nurses Association
- Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute
- Saikat Chakrabarti for Congress
- Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner
- Tom Steyer 2020
- United Steelworkers
- U.S. Sen. Angus King
- U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren
- U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill
- U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy
- Walton Family Foundation
- Waterbury Hospital
- Working Massachusetts
- WGBH