Michael "Mike" Baselice is the president of Austin-based polling firm Baselice & Associates and described by the San Antonio Express-News as "perhaps the top Republican pollster in the state".

He specializes in polling for Republican candidates, but his clients also include issue advocacy groups and referendum projects. 

Over the last two decades, Baselice has conducted more 1,800 quantitative and qualitative research projects. One of his main clients is current Texas Governor Rick Perry.

He's a 1983 graduate of Drexel University, where he majored in Finance & Marketing and Commerce & Engineering.