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19 Facts About Douglas Schoen

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Douglas E Schoen was born on June 27,1953 and is an American lawyer, political analyst, author, lobbyist, and conservative commentator.

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Douglas Schoen was raised on the Upper East Side of Manhattanl, the son of a corporate lawyer.

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Douglas Schoen graduated from the Horace Mann School in New York City.

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Douglas Schoen graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School.

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Douglas Schoen worked for the political campaigns of politicians including Jay Rockefeller, Richard Shelby and Evan Bayh.

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Douglas Schoen worked on the 1996 campaign as well in survey analysis.

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Douglas Schoen did work for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2008 and later became associated with the People United Means Action movement of disaffected Clinton supporters who refused to support Barack Obama.

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Douglas Schoen was a consultant for Jeff Greene in the 2010 Florida Senate election.

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In 2010, Douglas Schoen hosted a fundraiser for Republican congressional candidate John Gomez.

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In 2011, Douglas Schoen was paid $40,000 a month by Victor Pinchuk, as reported in his Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 statement.

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Douglas Schoen registered as a foreign agent lobbying on behalf of Victor Pinchuk.

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Between September 2011 and November 2012, Douglas Schoen arranged nearly a dozen meetings between Pinchuk and senior State Department officials, including Melanne Verveer.

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Douglas Schoen has been writing a regular column for Forbes magazine beginning in July 2016 with a column "Donald Trump Through The Years".

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Newsmax TV announced that Douglas Schoen would be leaving Fox News and on January 19,2021, Douglas Schoen joined Newsmax TV as an Analyst.

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Douglas Schoen has identified as a member of the Democratic party, but has frequently criticized the party and taken positions on various political topics at odds with the party's views.

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Douglas Schoen's critics have called his identification as a Democrat "phony" and calculated to help his Fox News career.

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In 2010, Douglas Schoen said that lower taxes would be a successful Democratic strategy, opposed President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, and said that Obama should not run for reelection in 2012.

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Douglas Schoen has stated that Obama divided the country along partisan lines, and said that the Affordable Care Act has been a "disaster" for the Democratic Party.

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Douglas Schoen has been critical of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement.