Mitofsky International

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Mitofsky International is a survey research company founded by Warren J. Mitofsky in 1993. Its primary business is conducting exit polls for major elections around the world. It does this work exclusively for news organizations. Mitofsky has directed exit polls and quick counts since 1967 for almost 3,000 electoral contests. He has the distinction of conducting the first national presidential exit polls in the United States, Russia, Mexico and the Philippines.

Mitofsky International election research clients in the United States have included all the major television Networks, major newspapers such as NY Times, Washington Post and WSJ.

Mitofsky also has a diverse roster of international Broadcast clients. Along with CESSI, Ltd., his was the sole exit poll for the Russian presidential elections in 1996 and 2000 as well as all other Russian elections since 1993. His was the only exit poll and quick count reported by the Mexican broadcast industry for its 1994 presidential Election. Since then he and Consulta, have done all national and state exit polls for Televisa, Mexico's largest broadcaster.

In November of 2004, Warren Mitofsky was interviewed as an expert by PBS Newshour regarding what went wrong with the accuracy of exit polls in the 2004 Presidential Election.

Warren Mitofsky died Friday, September 1, 2006, in New York City of an aortic aneurysm at age 71.