About the Survey
The State and Local Politics Survey at the University of Texas at Austin seeks to understand the opinions and decision-making of various people who play key roles in state and local politics in the United States — elected officials, voters, government workers, and members of the news media. Each wave of the survey is focused on one (or more) of these groups and asks different questions to better understand them and the role they play in state and local democracy.
Principal Investigator
The State and Local Politics Survey is run by Michael Auslen, Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin.
Michael received his Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University. He also holds a Master in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a B.A. in journalism and political science from Indiana University. His research focuses on democratic representation in state and local governments in the U.S. Previously, he worked as a journalist, covering state and local governments for newspapers in Florida and Indiana.