Non-Resident Scholar
Gallup Organization
Deputy Director, Gallup World Poll
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Jon Clifton is Deputy Director of the Gallup World Poll, an ongoing global study conducted in 150 countries, representing 98% of the world’s adult population. Clifton directs the overall strategies for the Gallup World Poll and Gallup Daily tracking and has been involved with both since their inception. Most recently, he became a member of Gallup’s Public Release Committee, the group that oversees and maintains Gallup’s public release standards for data, research, and methodology. He also leads Gallup global partnerships that include governments, NGOs, and foundations.

Clifton is a member of the Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll Advisory Committee of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools and the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Public Diplomacy Initiative. He is a non-resident Senior Fellow at the University of Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion and is a Special Olympics volunteer.

Clifton received a bachelor’s degree in political science and history from the University of Michigan. He received a juris doctorate with a focus in international law from the University of Nebraska and resides in Washington DC.