Dan Malato
Pronouns: He/Him
Dan is a senior research director with the Public Affairs & Media Research department. During his tenure, he has worked as the project manager and lead analyst on dozens of projects, including many with The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. He has experience with questionnaire development, data management, data review, analysis, and reporting on a wide variety of survey projects of varying complexities.
Most recently, he has served as project manager on The Long-Term Care Poll, a series of surveys conducted by The AP-NORC Center since 2013 that explore issues related to aging in America. In 2018, 2020, and 2022, Dan led the data management and data delivery for AP VoteCast, a groundbreaking election survey that allows for more precise measures of voters’ opinions. These projects each included more than 120,000 interviews conducted in the week before the election and involved rapid, continuous data delivery on Election Night for use in news coverage nationwide.
Dan holds a MA in Political Science from The George Washington University. Prior to joining NORC, he worked as a research assistant at the George Washington Institute of Public Policy.
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Education
MA
George Washington University
BA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Project Contributions
Publications
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Acceptance for Gay and Lesbian People Grows in the U.S.
NORC Article | June 24, 2024
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NORC Launches New Research Center to Advance the Science of Health Communication
Press Release | June 18, 2024
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New Study Shows Greater Acceptance of the Gay and Lesbian Community Now Than in 1985 but Also Areas Where LGBTQ+ People Still Face Obstacles
Press Release | June 5, 2024
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2024 Primaries VoteCast Methodology Statement
Project Report | January 10, 2024
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NORC Modernizes a Landmark Survey, Finds Record Growth in Outdoor Pursuits & Spending
NORC Article | December 21, 2023
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More Than Half of Older Californians Have Complex Health Conditions, But Few Get Help Navigating Their Care
NORC Article | August 24, 2023
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opens in new tab"Who Shared It?: Deciding What News to Trust on Social Media."
Journal Article | July 2, 2019
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opens in new tab"Long-Term Caregiving: The True Costs of Caring for Aging Adults."
Project Report | November 5, 2018