Baselice & Associates, Inc. is a national research organization that has conducted projects across a broad range of issues and topics. Michael Baselice, President of Baselice & Associates, Inc., has conducted over 2,800 quantitative and qualitative research projects over the last 28 years.
Baselice & Associates, Inc.'s experience in the fields of public affairs, corporate research, and legal research makes them uniquely qualified to perform survey research to assess the attitudes of customers, stakeholders, voters, and potential jurors.
Michael Baselice
Michael Baselice (pronounced Bass-uh-lease) is President and CEO of Baselice & Associates, Inc. Michael has extensive experience in political campaigns and issue/referendum projects throughout the United States and abroad. Since founding Baselice & Associates in 1997, his firm has conducted thousands of survey projects, half of which are corporate and public affairs related.
Michael conducts research on numerous issues including; tort reform, medical liability caps on non-economic damages, judicial selection, and school finance reform. In addition, to assisting organizations with specific legislative, issue and image research.
Prior to starting Baselice & Associates, Inc. in January of 1997, Michael managed the Houston office for The Tarrance Group where he worked for seven years and personally coordinated over 350 survey projects. Before his work for The Tarrance Group, Michael was a research analyst for the National Republican Congressional Committee during the 1988 campaign cycle and conducted opposition research and targeting projects for key congressional campaigns.
In 1987, Michael produced the first ever ORVS (Optimal Republican Voting Strength) manual in the nation for the Republican Party of Texas. The ORVS was created so districts could be compared on an apples-to-apples basis for the purpose of candidate recruitment and later, resource allocation and helping party officials avoid allocating resources to districts that cannot be won. He has since assisted Georgia, North Carolina, and Kentucky with their own ORVS programs.
Michael received his B.S. cum laude in Commerce and Engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. Michael and his wife Julie have three children, and reside in Austin, Texas.
Matt Gamble
Matt Gamble is the Chief Operating Officer at Baselice & Associates, Inc. Matt joined B&A in July 2007, and has since assisted in or directed over 2,000 surveys, including surveys for political campaigns, ballot referendums, public policy, public affairs, legal, corporate and non-profit purposes.
As COO, Matt manages the entire Baselice research team and oversees the execution of all the firm’s projects from start to finish.
Matt has over a decade of experience working with clients to develop a survey instrument tailored to their unique objectives and is proficient in sample design, which is essential to collecting a representative sample.
Matt is also skilled at going beyond the basic “top-line” numbers to instead analyze data for strategic purposes, including discovering key differences within demographic subgroups and identifying the most persuasive messages.
Prior to joining B&A, Matt had been working in both the halls of the Texas Capitol and trenches of political campaigns. His experience includes:
· Legislative Director, Texas State Representative Brandon Creighton, 80th Session
· Assistant Clerk, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, 79th Session
· Campaign Manager, Michele McQuigg, VA HD 51, 2005 General Election
· Campaign Manager, Brandon Creighton, TX HD 16, 2006 Primary Election
· Political Director, Mac Collins, GA CD 8, 2006 General Election
Matt earned a Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies, with a concentration in Political Communication, from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004.