Bio

Douglas Rivers is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a professor of political science at Stanford University. He is the president and CEO of YouGov/Polimetrix.

Academic Appointments

Honors & Awards

  • Executive of the Year, Research Business Report (2000)
  • Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
  • Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (1992-1993)
  • Innovator's Award, American Association for Public Opinion Research (2001)
  • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2015)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • Director, Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (2010 - Present)
  • Director, YouGov PLC (2013 - Present)

Professional Education

  • Ph.D., Harvard University (1981)
  • B.A., Columbia University in the City of New York, Political Science (1977)

Contact

  • Academic
    RIVERS@stanford.edu
    University - Faculty Department: Political Science Position: Professor
    • 315 Encina West
    • Stanford,  California  94305-6044 
    (650) 723-1808 (fax)
    University - Staff Department: HOOVER RESEARCH Position: Hoover Senior Fellow (650) 723-1808 (fax)

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 6010

Links

2024-25 Courses

Stanford Advisees

  • Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
    Jacob Jaffe
  • Doctoral (Program)
    Luka Bulic Braculj

All Publications

  • Model-based pre-election polling for national and sub-national outcomes in the US and UK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FORECASTING Lauderdale, B. E., Bailey, D., Blumenau, J., Rivers, D. 2020; 36 (2): 399–413

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2019.05.012

    View details for Web of Science ID 000527898100011

  • AN EVALUATION OF THE 2016 ELECTION POLLS IN THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY Kennedy, C., Blumenthal, M., Clement, S., Clinton, J. D., Durand, C., Franklin, C., McGeeney, K., Miringoff, L., Olson, K., Rivers, D., Saad, L., Witt, G., Wlezien, C. 2018; 82 (1): 1–33

    View details for DOI 10.1093/poq/nfx047

    View details for Web of Science ID 000427179400001

  • The Mythical Swing Voter QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Gelman, A., Goel, S., Rivers, D., Rothschild, D. 2016; 11 (1): 103-130

    View details for DOI 10.1561/100.00015031_supp

    View details for Web of Science ID 000388164000003

  • Cooperative Survey Research ANNUAL REVIEW OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, VOL 16 Ansolabehere, S., Rivers, D. 2013; 16: 307-329

    View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev-polisci-022811-160625

    View details for Web of Science ID 000321769600015

  • The 2008 Democratic Shift POLICY REVIEW Brady, D. W., Rivers, D., Harbridge, L. 2008: 3-13

    View details for Web of Science ID 000261757100001

  • The 2006 Cooperative Congressional Election Study JOURNAL OF ELECTIONS PUBLIC OPINION AND PARTIES Vavreck, L., Rivers, D. 2008; 18 (4): 355-366

    View details for DOI 10.1080/17457280802305177

    View details for Web of Science ID 000410177500005

  • Do we really know that the WTO increases trade? Comment 8th Annual Conference of the International-Society-for-New-Institutional-Economics Tomz, M., Goldstein, J. L., Rivers, D. AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC. 2007: 2005–18

    View details for Web of Science ID 000252228800024

  • Institutions in International Relations: Understanding the effects of the GATT and the WTO on world trade Annual Meeting of the American-Political-Science-Association Goldstein, J. L., Rivers, D., Tomz, M. CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. 2007: 37–67

    View details for DOI 10.1017/S0020818307070014

    View details for Web of Science ID 000244268300003

  • "The most liberal Senator"? Analyzing and interpreting congressional roll calls PS-POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICS Clinton, J. D., Jackman, S., Rivers, D. 2004; 37 (4): 805-811

    View details for Web of Science ID 000224493400021

  • The statistical analysis of roll call data AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW Clinton, J., Jackman, S., Rivers, D. 2004; 98 (2): 355-370

    View details for Web of Science ID 000221903700010

  • Model Selection Tests for Nonlinear Dynamic Models The Econometrics Journal Rivers, D., Vuong, Q. H. 2002; 5 (1): 1-39

    View details for DOI 10.1111/1368-423X.t01-1-00071

  • The roofs of careerism in the US House of Representatives LEGISLATIVE STUDIES QUARTERLY Brady, D., Buckley, K., Rivers, D. 1999; 24 (4): 489-510

    View details for Web of Science ID 000083472600002

  • Party identification, retrospective voting, and moderating elections in a federal system - West Germany, 1961-1989 COMPARATIVE POLITICAL STUDIES Lohmann, S., Brady, D. W., Rivers, D. 1997; 30 (4): 420-449

    View details for Web of Science ID A1997XQ06000002

  • EXPERIMENTAL ESTIMATES OF THE IMPACT OF WAGE SUBSIDIES JOURNAL OF ECONOMETRICS Dubin, J. A., Rivers, D. 1993; 56 (1-2): 219-242

    View details for Web of Science ID A1993KN56600010

  • SOPHISTICATED VOTING IN CONGRESS - A RECONSIDERATION JOURNAL OF POLITICS Krehbiel, K., Rivers, D. 1990; 52 (2): 548-578

    View details for Web of Science ID A1990DA92300010

  • SELECTION BIAS IN LINEAR-REGRESSION, LOGIT AND PROBIT MODELS SOCIOLOGICAL METHODS & RESEARCH Dubin, J. A., Rivers, D. 1989; 18 (2-3): 360-390

    View details for Web of Science ID A1989CA03800006

  • THE ANALYSIS OF COMMITTEE POWER - AN APPLICATION TO SENATE VOTING ON THE MINIMUM-WAGE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Krehbiel, K., Rivers, D. 1988; 32 (4): 1151-1174

    View details for Web of Science ID A1988R451200013

  • Limited Information Estimators for Simultaneous Probit Models Journal of Eonometrics Rivers, D., Vuong, Q. H. 1988; 39 (3): 347-366

    View details for DOI 10.1016/0304-4076(88)90063-2