Michael Bocian is a founding partner at GBAO, one of the leading Democratic polling firms in the country. In 2022, Bocian worked on some of the biggest Democratic races in the country, including Senator Raphael Warnock (GA), Senator John Fetterman (PA), Governors Tony Evers (WI), Laura Kelly (KS), and Governor Tina Kotek (OR). He also conducted independent expenditure polling in 2022 to help re-elect Governors Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM) and Gretchen Whitmer (MI), as well as Senators Michael Bennet (CO) and Patty Murray (WA).

By providing research and strategic advice, Bocian also helped elect Senators Ben Ray Luján (NM) and Martin Heinrich (NM), Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver (NM), Attorney General Raúl Torrez (NM), and members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including Rep. Lucy McBath (GA-7), Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-3), Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-1), Rep. Katherine Clark (MA-5), Rep. Stephen Lynch (MA-8), Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD-8), Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1), Rep. Brendan Boyle (PA-2), Rep. Lori Trahan (MA-3), Rep. Colin Allred (TX-32), Rep. Betty McCollum (MN-4), Rep. Brian Higgins (NY-26), and Rep. Andrea Salinas (OR-6).

Bocian has conducted quantitative or qualitative research in all 50 states and worked on many of the major issues of our time – health care, climate change, education, immigration, foreign policy, criminal justice reform, reproductive health care, and others.

In addition to his work with candidates, Bocian provides research and strategic guidance to a variety of progressive organizations including Senate Majority PAC, DSCC, DGA, NEA, SEIU, AFSCME, ACLU, and the Partnership for Safety and Justice, among others.

Bocian is one of the leading experts on ballot initiative campaigns and has directed the polling for several successful ballot initiative campaigns on issues including taxes, education, renewable energy, the minimum wage, paid sick leave, and workers’ rights.

Bocian received his Master’s in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and his Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife and daughter (with their other daughter in college).