Andrew Arenge is the Director of Operations for Penn's Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies and the Robert A. Fox Leadership Program. He spends a good portion of his time conducting research digging into how political campaigns geotarget digital ads on Facebook, Google, Snapchat, and Twitter. He has been quoted in numerous articles about digital political ad spending including for the CNBC, Politico, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, and KYW’s podcast.
Arenge is also a key member of the NBC News Elections Unit, often referred to as the Decision Desk. The Elections Unit is responsible for analyzing real time election night results and projecting winners in national and local elections for NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, and Telemundo. The team is also responsible for conducting and analyzing the national exit poll and has been recently nominated for multiple Emmy awards.
Prior to working at Penn and for the NBC News Decision Desk, Arenge was a member of NBC News’ education team where he launched a two-time Webby Award-winning website for parents and helped produce content for Nightly News, the TODAY Show, and NBC Learn. He started his career as a high school math teacher in the Mississippi Delta with Teach For America and has also worked for Fox News as a production assistant.
Arenge graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a master's in political data in 2021 and from Gettysburg College in 2010 with a BA in political science.
