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About itself: Morning Consult is the official polling partner of POLITICO, Fortune, New York Times, and Bloomberg News. Morning Consult also has a news section that is centered around polling and trends. Typically, there is minimal bias presented such as this: Detroit Debates Deliver Meager Returns for Biden's Challengers. A factual search reveals they have not failed a fact check. In fact, their polls are frequently used by IFCN fact-checkers as evidence.
Overall, we rate the Morning Consult 'Least Biased' based on mostly neutral polling and low biased story selection. We also rate them Very High for factual reporting due to a proven polling methodology as well as being a reliable source for fact-checkers. (D. Van Zandt 10/31/2016) Updated (8/3/2019) Source: https://morningconsult.com/
RealClearPolitics: One of our most notable features, the RCP Poll Average, changed the way people talk about public opinion surveys during the election cycle. The most cited source for U.S. political polling information, the RCP Poll Average provides everyone from political experts and campaign consultants to amateur political junkies a more accurate read on the status of the election.
The accuracy of the RCP Poll Average is unmatched and trusted for use in Bloomberg terminals and campaign communication documents, as well as being widely cited by hundreds of news organizations including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, FOX News, CNN, USA Today, and MSNBC.
FiveThirtyEight, a company founded by Nate Silver (who published under the name Poblano for political blog Daily Kos), had been partnered with The New York Times, then passed to ESPN. The final prediction by FiveThirtyEight on the morning of election day (November 8, 2016) was at 10:41AM and had Hillary Clinton with a 71% chance to win the 2016 presidential election.See also:
FiveThirtyEight, a company that rates pollsters for accuracy and bias, gives Morning Consult a B- for accuracy and a slight leftward bias of 0.6%. (as per source Morning Consult)
FiveThirtyEight was acquired by ABC News on Apr 17, 2018.
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