Daron R. Shaw is Distinguished Teaching Professor and Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Chair of State Politics at the University of Texas at Austin. Professor Shaw specializes in American Government, Campaigns and Elections, Political Parties, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior, and Applied Survey Research. He is author of The Race to 270: The Electoral College and Campaign Strategies of 2000 and 2004 (Chicago), co-author of Unconventional Wisdom: Facts and Myths about American Voters (Oxford), co-author of The Turnout Myth (Oxford), co-author of The Appearance of Corruption (Oxford) and co-author of Battleground: Electoral College Strategies, Execution, and Impact in the Modern Era (Oxford). His research has been published in American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, Political Behavior, Political Communication, PS: Political Science, Party Politics, Presidential Studies Quarterly, and several other professional journals. In addition to his academic career, Professor Shaw served as a strategist in the 1992, 2000 and 2004 presidential election campaigns. He is currently co-director of the Fox News Poll, co-director of the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, director of the Texas Lyceum Poll, and associate Principle Investigator for the 2024 American National Election Study. He is also a member of the decision team for Fox News, the advisory board for the MIT Election Data & Science Lab, and the advisory board for the Annette Strauss Institute. Formerly, he served as President George W. Bushs representative on the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and as one of the academic directors for President Barack Obamas Commission for Election Administration.
Ph.D.
in Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1994
M.A.
in Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1990
B.A.
in Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1988
Daron Shaw is a Distinguished Teaching Professor and Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Chair of State Politics in the College of Liberal Arts. Shaw specializes in American government, campaigns and elections, political parties, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior, and Applied Survey Research. He is the author of The Race to 270: The Electoral College and Campaign Strategies of 2000 and 2004, Unconventional Wisdom: Facts and Myths about American Voters, The Turnout Myth, The Appearance of Corruption and Battleground: Electoral College Strategies, Execution, and Impact in the Modern Era. In addition to his academic career, Shaw was a strategist in the 1992, 2000 and 2004 presidential election campaigns. He is currently co-director of the Fox News Poll, director of the Texas Lyceum Poll, and associate Principle Investigator for the 2024 American National Election Study. He is also a member of the decision team for Fox News, the advisory board for the MIT Election Data & Science Lab, and the advisory board for the Annette Strauss Institute. Formerly, he served as President George W. Bushs representative on the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and as one of the academic directors for President Barack Obamas Commission for Election Administration.
Board Member,
Task Force on Civic Engagement, American Political Science Association (2013 - Present)
Presidential Appointee,
National Historical Publications and Records Commission (2013)
Board Member,
Executive Committee, Midwest Political Science Association (2012 - Present)
Co-Director,
Fox News Poll (2011 - Present)
Co-Director,
Texas Tribune Poll, University of Texas at Austin (2007 - Present)
Director,
Texas Lyceum Poll (2007 - Present)
Member,
Editorial Board, American Politics Research (2004 - Present)
Member,
Advisory Board, Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation (2002 - Present)
Member,
Decision Team, Fox News (2002 - Present)
"Unconventional Wisdom: Facts and Myths about American Voters" (Oxford University Press, 2008); "The Race to 270: The Electoral College and the Campaign Strategies of 2000 and 2004" (University of Chicago Press, 2006).
University of Texas Regents Outstanding Teaching Award
- University of Texas at Austin (2014)
W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow
- The Hoover Institution (2012 - 2013)
College Research Fellowship
- University of Texas at Austin (2012)
Academy of Distinguished Teachers
- University of Texas at Austin (2010)
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
- University Coop (2009)
Presidents AssociatesTeaching Excellence Award
- University of Texas at Austin (2008)
Research Grant, Black Over-Sample for the American National Election Study
- National Science Foundation (2008 - 2010)
Texas Blazers Award for Teaching Excellence
- Texas Blazers (2005)
Dads Teaching Award Fellowship
- University of Texas at Austin (2004)
