Douglas E. Schoen has been one of the most influential Democratic campaign consultants for over 30 years. A founding partner and principal strategist for Penn, Schoen & Berland, he is widely recognized as one of the co-inventors of overnight polling. His political clients include New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Indiana governor Evan Bayh, and his corporate clients include AOL Time Warner, Procter & Gamble, and AT&T. Internationally, he has worked for the heads of states of over 15 countries. He is the author of multiple books; his most recent include Putin's Master Plan, The Nixon Effect, and Return to Winter: Russia, China, and the New Cold War Against America. Schoen is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and various other newspapers and online publications as well as Fox News.

Jessica Tarlov is Senior Director of Research and Consumer Insight at Bustle, the largest independent news and lifestyle site for women. She has experience on a range of projects including advising clients on messaging strategies and on design and execution of polling projects, both domestically and internationally, including Victor Pinchuk, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, CNN, and Margaritaville. She is a liberal voice on Fox News and supported Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. Jessica lived in London for six years after college, where she did her PhD on the impact of scandal on politicians' careers before working for Boris Johnson on his mayoral reelection campaign.