Matt Towery

Matthew Allen "Matt" Towery is an American political analyst and pollster, television commentator, attorney, and former Georgia state legislator.[2]

Matt Towery
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
In office
1993–1997
Personal details
Born
Matthew Allen Towery[1]

c. 1959
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseDolle Towery
Children2
Residence(s)Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Snell Isle, St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Georgia
University of Cambridge
Stetson University College of Law
OccupationPolitical analyst and pollster, attorney, businessman

In late 2014, Towery encouraged Donald Trump to run for the US presidency, suggesting he would be a serious contender.[3] His polls were among the few to call the 2016 presidential race for Trump over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.[4]

Education

Towery earned a Juris Doctor from Stetson University in 1987 and a Master's in Philosophy from Cambridge.[5]

Career

Towery served in the Georgia House of Representatives and was the Republican nominee for Lt. Governor of Georgia in 1990. He served as Chairman of then-Speaker Newt Gingrich's political organization in the 1990s.[6][7]

He has appeared on news networks and on The O'Reilly Factor and Hardball with Chris Matthews and with hosts Sean Hannity and Bill Maher. In 2011 he served as a weekly guest commentator for CNN. He has been a political analyst for the Fox affiliate in Atlanta.[8]

In 2014, Towery predicted Donald Trump could become a serious contender for the U.S. presidency.[9] His polling company was one of few to predict a Trump win over Clinton in 2016.[4] Towery wrote a memo detailing the reasons he thought other pollsters were missing likely Trump voters, including over-representing Democrats and under-representing white men, and saying the other polls "were being weighted based on a conventional turnout in a very unconventional year and there is a ‘Trump vote’ that most pollsters just are not able to capture."[4] Hannity read the memo on-air just before the election, which Trump won.[4]

The day before the 2020 US presidential election, Towery again predicted a win for Donald Trump, saying he believed other pollsters were missing "the average guy on the street."[4] He also predicted that Trump would carry Georgia by seven percent, but Joe Biden narrowly won the state.

As of 2020 he was Of Counsel with Hall, Booth, Smith in their Atlanta office.[10][1]

Personal life

Towery lives with his wife in Atlanta, Georgia and Snell Isle in St. Petersburg, Florida. He has two adult children.[10]

References
  1. "Matthew Allen Towery Lawyer Profile on Martindale.com". www.martindale.com.
  2. "Matthew Allen Towery". Marquis Who's Who Top Lawyers. August 5, 2019.
  3. "Pollster Predicted Political Rise of Donald Trump". Fox News. May 13, 2016.
  4. McGurn, William (2020-11-02). "Opinion | What Pollsters Miss About Trump". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  5. "Board of Overseers". www.stetson.edu.
  6. Gingrich, Newt (1 October 2015). "'Newsvesting': Read it, study it". The Washington Times.
  7. "A GQ&A with Matt Towery, Newt's Favorite Pollster and Oldest Friend". GQ. 31 January 2012.
  8. Callaway, Cal (September 30, 2016). "New FOX 5 Poll: Clinton, Trump tied in Florida". Fox 5 Atlanta.
  9. Towery, Matt. "Why Trump Should Run | InsiderAdvantageGeorgia". Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  10. "HALL BOOTH SMITH, P.C. | Matt Allen Towery".
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