Sean McElwee
American liberal activist and data scientist
Sean McElwee (born 1992 or 1993) is an American policy advisor, data scientist, and activist. McElwee was the founding executive director of Data for Progress, a progressive think tank and polling firm he co-founded in 2018.2
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Born 1990.1
About
He was also the Founder and Chairman of the Cheeky Lads Banter Club, a Massachusetts-based think tank before its dissolution in 2021. In December 2022, McElwee announced he would resign from the firm amidst allegations of artificially manipulating the results of polls and his close ties to fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried.
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Companies
- Data for ProgressChief executive officer 2018 to Nov 20228
Early life and education
- Date not recordedThe King's College3
McElwee was raised in Ledyard, Connecticut. He attended The King's College, a Christian college in New York City, and holds a master's degree in quantitative Methods for social science from Columbia University.
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Career
Occupation: activist, data scientist.5
- 2018 to 2022Chief executive, Data for Progress4
After graduating from college, he briefly worked for the Reason Foundation, a libertarian think tank. McElwee later became a researcher for the progressive think tank Demos.
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Personal life
- CitizenshipUnited States6
Politics
McElwee began his journalistic career as an intern at CBS News and at Salon, and has since contributed to a variety of publications.
McElwee gained national attention in 2018 for his support of the Abolish ICE movement, and wrote a New York Times article on the topic. McElwee is an advocate of left-wing primary challenges to moderate Democrats. In 2020, McElwee reportedly pushed the Justice Democrats to spend money on Cori Bush's campaign against Lacy Clay.
McElwee had close ties to Sam Bankman-Fried, a former cryptocurrency billionaire, who has since been convicted of fraud. McElwee conducted polling for a Super PAC controlled by Bankman-Fried that was described as a "political strategy designed to shield crypto from government oversight". Additionally, he has been described by Politico as a leading figure for helping Bankman-Fried make straw donations.
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