What we do
SEA has been front and center on the pressing domestic issues of our time - energy production and transmission, global warming, school choice, health care, retirement planning, mass transit, smoking regulation, tobacco settlement, casino gambling, municipalization, education, teen pregnancy, growth and development, and malpractice reform. Everything we have learned along way goes into writing better surveys for you.
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Thomas Eldon, MA, University of Kent
Thomas Eldon joined Schroth & Associates in 1996 after an extensive early career in electoral politics working in legislative, statewide and grassroots lobbying campaigns in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Florida. View more about Thomas »
Thomas Eldon took responsibility as managing officer during the 2004 election cycle; and in 2006 was lead pollster for the Florida House Democratic Caucus. In 2006, the caucus reversed a 14-year period of having failed to flip one single seat with a record setting seven pick-ups without a single Democratic loss.
Thomas Eldon serves as one-half of the polling team for the St. Petersburg Times along with Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway of the Polling Company.
A native of Pittsburgh, PA and attended Slippery Rock University for his undergraduate work and Kent State University for his master’s. Thomas Eldon is a die-hard fan of all football. He is a rabid supporter of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Liverpool FC. « Hide
Rob Schroth, MA, Florida State University
Rob Schroth founded Schroth & Associates in 1993 after working with Bill Hamilton as a senior Vice-President of Hamilton & Staff and as partner with Sergio Bendixen in Bendixen & Schroth. View more about Rob »
In addition to his extensive domestic political experience, Rob Schroth has worked as a strategist and pollster in Venezuela, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Mexico and Indonesia. He has appeared as a commentator on CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews and Univision television networks.
Fluent in Spanish and located in South Florida, Rob Schroth is considered one of the leading experts on public opinion research in the Hispanic community. His clients have included the Univision television network and Miami’s El Nuevo Herald. U During the 2004 election, Rob Schroth worked as a team member on the “Washington Post/Univision/TRPI Election Survey of Latino Registered Voters.”
Rob Schroth grew up in Hialeah and received his bachelors and master’s degrees from Florida State University. He’s a dedicated fan of the Miami Dolphins and a lapsed fan of the Baltimore Orioles. « Hide