About David
David Axelrod is an American political consultant and analyst born February 22, 1955, in New York City. He began his career as a political reporter for the Chicago Tribune and went on to work with numerous Democratic campaigns. He served as chief strategist for Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns and as Senior Advisor to the President during Obama's first term (2009-2011). After leaving the White House, Axelrod directed the University of Chicago Institute of Politics from 2012 to 2023.
Photo: University of Chicago Institute of Politics / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
Categories
SpeakerAuthor
Known for
- Chief strategist to Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign
- Chief strategist to Barack Obama's 2012 presidential campaign
- Senior Advisor to the President during Obama's first term
- Political reporter for the Chicago Tribune
- Democratic strategist and political consultant
- CNN senior political commentator
- Host of The Axe Files podcast
- Director of University of Chicago Institute of Politics
- Author of Believer: My Forty Years in Politics
- Political consultant
- Political analyst
- Political commentator
- Professor of Practice
- Podcast host
- Author
- Politics
- Media and Commentary
- Education
- Democratic politics
- Presidential campaigns
- Political strategy
- American politics
- Media and advertising
- Urban politics
Availability
Are you David Axelrod? Claim this profile