Charles Franklin

Charles Franklin is Professor of Law and Public Policy at Marquette Law School, where he has directed the Marquette Law School Poll since 2012. In that time, he has conducted more than 100 polls of Wisconsin and the nation.

The Marquette Law School poll is ranked 2nd of over 500 pollsters nationally by Nate Silver and ranked 3rd by FiveThirtyEight.com, the only poll with a perfect 10 score for transparency in reporting methodology and results. 

Franklin was Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin Madison for 22 years before leaving to join the Marquette Law School in 2012. He is past president of the Society for Political Methodology and an elected Fellow of the Society. Along with his co-author, Liane Kosaki, Frankin received the Lasting Contribution Award of the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association. He also received the Warren J. Mitofsky Innovators Award from the American Association for Public Opinion Research.

From 2002 to 2020 he was a member of the ABC News election night Decision Desk. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan.