
Expertise: Elections, political theory, public opinion
John Halpin is a senior fellow at American Progress focusing on political theory, communications, and public opinion analysis. He is the co-director and creator of the Progressive Studies Program at CAP, an interdisciplinary project researching the intellectual history, foundational principles, and public understanding of progressivism. Halpin is the co-author with John Podesta of The Power of Progress: How America’s Progressives Can (Once Again) Save Our Economy, Our Climate, and Our Country, a 2008 book about the history and future of the progressive movement.
Halpin has been at American Progress since 2003, previously serving as director of research and executive speechwriter. Halpin wrote the daily Talking Points newsletter for the Center for American Progress Action Fund from 2004 through 2005, and has directed numerous CAP communications projects on issues including faith in politics, health care, consumer debt, taxes, poverty, and foreign policy. Prior to joining American Progress, he was a senior associate at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, providing strategic guidance and public opinion research for political parties and candidates including Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign, the British Labor Party, the Austrian Social Democrats, and a range of congressional, state legislative, and initiative campaigns.
Halpin received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and his M.A. in political science from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He lives in Baltimore with his wife and two children.
By John Halpin
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Voters Repudiate President Trump and GOP Policy Agenda—2020 Re-Election Is Uncertain | Center for American Progress | November 7, 2018 |
Affordable Child Care and Early Learning for All Families | Center for American Progress | September 13, 2018 |
Voters Across Party Lines Support Clean Slate Legislation | Center for American Progress | June 20, 2018 |
Erdoğan Not Assured of First-Round Victory | Center for American Progress | June 14, 2018 |
Trust in Government in the Trump Era | Center for American Progress | May 24, 2018 |
How Ambivalent Trump Voters Feel About Him Now | The American Prospect | May 21, 2018 |
Ensuring Basic Living Standards for All | Center for American Progress | March 7, 2018 |
Turkey’s ‘New Nationalism’ Amid Shifting Politics | Center for American Progress | February 11, 2018 |
Is Turkey Experiencing a New Nationalism? | Center for American Progress | February 11, 2018 |
Voter Trends in 2016 | Center for American Progress | November 1, 2017 |
Toward a Marshall Plan for America | Center for American Progress | May 16, 2017 |
The Path to 270 in 2016, Revisited | Center for American Progress | October 6, 2016 |
The Path to 270 in 2016 | Center for American Progress | December 17, 2015 |
Looking for a Way Forward After the Unrest in Baltimore | Center for American Progress | May 13, 2015 |
The Political Consequences of the Great Recession | Center for American Progress | November 6, 2014 |
Beyond Identity Politics | Washington Monthly | June 10, 2014 |
Moving the War on Poverty Forward | Center for American Progress | February 19, 2014 |
A New Force for America’s Families | Center for American Progress | January 12, 2014 |
50 Years After LBJ’s War on Poverty | Center for American Progress | January 7, 2014 |
Building an All-In Nation | Center for American Progress | October 22, 2013 |
The Obama Coalition in the 2012 Election and Beyond | Center for American Progress | December 4, 2012 |
The Return of the Obama Coalition | Center for American Progress | November 8, 2012 |
The Path to 270 Revisited | Center for American Progress | September 20, 2012 |
The Path to 270 | Center for American Progress | November 22, 2011 |
The Constitution Is Inherently Progressive | Center for American Progress | October 11, 2011 |
The Progressive Era for Today’s Progressives | Progressive Way | June 19, 2011 |
The Demographic Change and Progressive Political Strategy Series | Center for American Progress | April 7, 2011 |
The Origins and Evolution of Progressive Economics | Center for American Progress | March 14, 2011 |
Progressives and the Founding | Center for American Progress | October 28, 2010 |
The Progressivism of America’s Founding | Center for American Progress | October 8, 2010 |
The Role of Faith in the Progressive Movement | Center for American Progress | October 8, 2010 |
Universal Human Rights in Progressive Thought and Politics | Center for American Progress | October 8, 2010 |
Latino Attitudes About Women and Society | Center for American Progress | July 9, 2010 |
The Progressive Tradition in American Politics | Center for American Progress | April 14, 2010 |
Social Movements and Progressivism | Center for American Progress | April 14, 2010 |
The Progressive Intellectual Tradition in America | Center for American Progress | April 14, 2010 |
The Political Ideology of the Millennial Generation | Center for American Progress | May 13, 2009 |
Progressivism Goes Mainstream | Center for American Progress | April 20, 2009 |
State of American Political Ideology, 2009 | Center for American Progress | March 11, 2009 |
The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio | Center for American Progress | June 20, 2007 |
Reducing Poverty is the Right Goal | Center for American Progress | April 26, 2007 |
The $871,000 Job Subsidy | Center for American Progress | November 17, 2006 |
Katrina and the Common Good | Center for American Progress | August 25, 2006 |
Reclaiming the Common Good | Center for American Progress | June 5, 2006 |
The Politics of Definition | Center for American Progress | April 20, 2006 |
Progressive Message on the President’s Budget | Center for American Progress | February 14, 2005 |
Cover-Up of Abu Ghraib Torture Puts Troops at Risk | Center for American Progress | May 11, 2004 |
Detailed Timeline of Administration Statements On National Security | Center for American Progress | April 5, 2004 |
Progressivism in 2004: Transcending the Liberal-Conservative Divide | Center for American Progress | January 5, 2004 |