Peter K. Enns

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Peter K. Enns is an American political scientist and professor in the Department of Government and the Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University. [1] [2] His research focuses on public opinion, political representation, mass incarceration, and the legal system. He has also worked on statistical methods in public opinion research and election forecasting. [1]

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Enns holds a faculty position at Cornell, where he teaches and conducts research on American politics and public policy. He served as Executive Director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research from 2015 to 2022 and is the Robert S. Harrison Director of the Cornell Center for Social Sciences. He is co-founder and chief data scientist of the polling and data science company Verasight. [3] [4] [5]

Enns has participated in election forecasting. A forecasting model he co-authored for the 2024 U.S. presidential election was reported by independent media and university publications to have correctly predicted the election outcome in all 50 states several weeks before the election. The same model framework was first deployed in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, correctly forecasting the winning candidate in every state except Georgia. [5] [6] [7] [8]

In 2017, Enns received the Emerging Scholar Award from the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior section of the American Political Science Association, an award recognizing early-career contributions to research in the field. [9] [10] His co-authored book, Hijacking the Agenda: Economic Power and Political Influence, received the Gladys M. Kammerer Award from the American Political Science Association in 2022, recognizing the best book published in U.S. national policy. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Peter K. Enns | Department of Government". government.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  2. ↑ Dean, | James; Chronicle, Cornell (2022-11-04). "Cornell-led election survey seeks to improve science of polls". as.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  3. ↑ "Incarceration Nation | Roper Center for Public Opinion Research". ropercenter.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  4. ↑ "Verasight - Products, Competitors, Financials, Employees, Headquarters Locations". www.cbinsights.com. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  5. 1 2 "Early Results Suggest the Polls Were Notably Accurate". 2024-11-06. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  6. ↑ Stein, Chris (2024-11-28). "Trump victory not a mandate for radical change, top election forecaster says". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  7. ↑ Agiesta, Jennifer (2024-07-30). "The methodology behind The Breakthrough polling project | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  8. ↑ Kelly, Kieran (2024-11-09). "Meet the anti-pollsters who got the last two elections right – by ignoring public opinion". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  9. ↑ "Section 32". American Political Science Association (APSA). Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  10. ↑ "Awards – Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior, Section 32" . Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  11. ↑ APSA (2022-09-21). "Christopher Witko, Jana Morgan, Nathan Kelly, and Peter Enns Receive the 2022 Gladys M. Kammerer Award -". Archived from the original on 2023-11-07. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  12. ↑ Peschek, Joseph G. (2023-06-01). "Hijacking the Agenda: Economic Power and Political Influence" . New Political Science. 45 (2): 414–416. doi:10.1080/07393148.2023.2205294. ISSN   0739-3148.
  13. ↑ Stegmueller, Daniel (September 2022). "Hijacking the Agenda: Economic Power and Political Influence. By Christopher Witko, Jana Morgan, Nathan J. Kelly, and Peter K. Enns. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2021. 416p. $35.00 paper" . Perspectives on Politics. 20 (3): 1116–1117. doi:10.1017/S1537592722001980. ISSN   1537-5927.
  14. ↑ Romano, Michael K. (2022-09-01). "Hijacking the Agenda: Economic Power and Political Influence" . Political Science Quarterly. 137 (3): 608–610. doi:10.1002/polq.13380. ISSN   0032-3195.
  15. ↑ Wozniak, Kevin H. (2017). "Review of Incarceration Nation: How the United States Became the Most Punitive Democracy in the World". The Public Opinion Quarterly. 81 (2): 602–605. ISSN   0033-362X.
  16. ↑ Pettit, Becky; Enns, Peter K. (2018). "Review of Incarceration Nation: How the United States Became the Most Punitive Democracy in the World, EnnsPeter K." American Journal of Sociology. 123 (4): 1211–1213. ISSN   0002-9602.
  17. ↑ Katherine, Beckett (2020). "Review of Incarceration Nation: How the United States Became the Most Punitive Democracy in the World". American Review of Politics. 37 (1): 133–138. doi:10.15763/issn.2374-779X.2020.37.1.133-138.
  18. ↑ Faricy, C. (2013-03-01). "Peter K. Enns and Christopher Wlezien, eds. Who Gets Represented? New York: Russell Sage Foundation. 2011. 386 pp. $45.00 (paper)". Public Opinion Quarterly. 77 (1): 417–420. doi:10.1093/poq/nfs068. ISSN   0033-362X.
  19. ↑ Gilens, Martin (December 2015). "The Insufficiency of "Democracy by Coincidence": A Response to Peter K. Enns" . Perspectives on Politics. 13 (4): 1065–1071. doi:10.1017/S1537592715002327. ISSN   1537-5927.
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