Emily Swanson

  • Polling Editor
  • Associated Press

Emily Swanson is polling editor at The Associated Press, where she directs questionnaire design and editorial coverage of AP VoteCast, along with polls conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. A member of the AP polling unit in Washington since 2014, she also guides reporters in their use of survey research. Prior to joining the AP, she was polling director at The Huffington Post. Swanson began her career in survey research at the poll aggregation website Pollster.com. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a native of Saint Paul, Minnesota.