Orion Strategies
| Industry | Public Relations/Consulting |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 |
| Founder | Curtis Wilkerson |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | United States |
| Website | www |
Orion Strategies (Orion Strategies LLC) is a strategic communications firm that provides public relations, lobbying and advocacy. The firm also has a research division that conducts polling and focus groups and a creative division for video, graphic design and digital. The company has offices in Washington, DC; Pittsburgh, PA; Columbus, OH; Charleston, WV; Buckhannon, WV; and Martinsburg, WV.
History
Orion Strategies was founded in 2007 by Curtis Wilkerson.[1] The company has locations in Washington, DC; Pittsburgh, PA; Columbus, OH; Charleston, WV; Buckhannon, WV; and Martinsburg, WV.[2]
Business Overview
Orion Strategies provides strategic communication services to its clients. This includes public relations, bipartisan federal and state lobbying, grassroots advocacy, media relations, creative services, opinion polling and research.
National Recognition
National Blog FiveThirtyEight, run by Nate Silver, gave Orion Strategies a B− ranking, in its review of pollsters in the USA.[3]
Recognition in the Media
Founder and spokesman Curtis Wilkerson has been quoted and used as a background source by the Washington Post, CNN,[4][5] Salon,[6] Huffington Post,[7] the Washington Times, the Charleston Gazette-Mail,[8][9] State Journal,[10] Intermountain,[11] The Intelligencer & Wheeling News Register,[12] Wheeling News-Register, and West Virginia MetroNews.[13]
During West Virginia’s 2010 senate election Orion Strategies produced a poll that gained national recognition. The firm predicted a 10-point victory in 2010 for U.S. Senate candidate Joe Manchin while numerous other statewide polls called for either a Manchin loss or narrow margin of victory.[14] The Orion poll proved to be the most predictive measurement of the race as Senator Joe Manchin went on to win the election with 60.6% of the vote.[15]
Orion Strategies is not to be confused with Randy Scheunemann and his neoconservative-lobbying company by the same name, Orion Strategies.
Criticisms
In 2011, Politico Morning Tech spoke of Orion being an instrument of AT&T during the telecommunication firm’s attempted merger with T-Mobile. Politico questioned the validity of this support.[16]
References
- ^ "Wesleyan graduates make Generation Next list". The Intermountain. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Orion Strategies | Strategic Communications & Public Relations". orion-strategies.com.
- ^ "TRANSCRIPTS". CNN. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Poll suggests Manchin up 10 pts. in West Virginia". CNN. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "FiveThirtyEight's Pollster Rating". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Can Barack Obama win West Virginia?". Salon. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "2008 West Virginia Senate GE". Huffington Post. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "State officials to mark latest Corridor H work". WV Gazette-Mail. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Statehouse Beat: Charging full-time students". WV Gazette-Mail. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Energy Solutions Consortium looking at up to $1B investment in 2 Beech Bottom WV gas-fired power plants". State Journal. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Early completion of Corridor H would generate $1.25 billion". The Intermountain. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Mollohan's Poll in His Favor". The Intelligencer. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "New poll covers guns, politics and Friends of Coal Bowl". MetroNews. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Poll: Joe Manchin ahead by 10 points". Politico. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "West Virginia Senate - Raese vs. Manchin". REal Clear Politics. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "A TALE OF AT&T SUPPORT". Politico. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
"Higher Education News Clippings" (PDF). West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
"New Poll Tells Stories Behind State Voters' Opinions (McCain leads 52%-41% in West Virginia)". Free Republic. 25 September 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
"On the new West Virginia polls". Washington Examiner. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2015.