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Pollster Track Records — 2014

Overall 2024 2022 2020 2018 2016 2014

Every firm's 2014 general-election polls scored against the certified results: average margin error, directional lean (positive = ran more Democratic than the result), and how often the poll's leader won. Firms with fewer than 3 scored polls aren't listed. Method details on the methodology page.

Pollster Polls Avg. Error Lean Winner Called
YouGov 161 6.0 pts D+3.8 85%
Rasmussen Reports 86 5.9 pts D+3.3 78%
Public Policy Polling partisan·D 83 5.3 pts D+3.7 77%
SurveyUSA 73 6.8 pts D+5.1 69%
Quinnipiac University 35 5.1 pts D+0.8 77%
Gravis Marketing 32 6.8 pts D+3.8 69%
New England College Polling Center 32 3.8 pts D+0.5 80%
Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Research 24 6.4 pts D+4.6 68%
Marist College 23 6.6 pts D+5.5 73%
Suffolk University 20 5.7 pts D+2.2 65%
University of New Hampshire Survey Center 20 6.7 pts D+3.7 80%
Big Village 19 4.9 pts D+3.1 56%
Øptimus Analytics 19 5.8 pts D+1.0 63%
Monmouth University Polling Institute 18 3.9 pts D+3.4 88%
We Ask America 17 4.8 pts D+2.9 75%
Siena College 16 5.9 pts D+2.9 88%
Landmark Communications 15 6.3 pts D+6.1 79%
Mitchell Research & Communications 15 2.7 pts R+0.7 100%
Public Opinion Strategies partisan·R 15 4.9 pts D+1.0 73%
GQR partisan·D 13 7.9 pts D+7.9 27%
Vox Populi Polling 13 3.9 pts R+1.2 77%
Global Strategy Group partisan·D 11 6.8 pts D+6.8 64%
MassINC Polling Group 11 4.7 pts D+3.6 55%
Ipsos 10 6.4 pts D+5.4 71%
Magellan Strategies 10 4.3 pts R+0.7 89%
Tarrance Group 10 7.7 pts R+1.8 80%
American Research Group 8 4.9 pts D+2.8 100%
Emerson College 8 10.3 pts R+10.3 50%
Hart Research Associates/Public Opinion Strategies 8 7.0 pts D+5.6 43%
InsiderAdvantage 8 5.6 pts D+4.9 75%
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy 8 6.4 pts D+5.9 100%
MRG Research 8 8.1 pts R+8.1 86%
Pan Atlantic Research partisan·D 8 6.8 pts D+4.5 75%
SocialSphere 8 3.7 pts D+0.3 71%
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group 7 5.6 pts D+3.7 83%
Harper Polling partisan·R 7 4.9 pts D+4.8 100%
Loras College Public Opinion Survey Center 7 6.7 pts D+6.7 86%
Stockton University William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy 7 7.9 pts D+6.5 100%
The Polling Company Inc. 7 4.8 pts D+1.4 86%
Clarity Campaign Labs 6 4.7 pts D+4.6 80%
EPIC-MRA 6 2.7 pts R+1.4 100%
Hendrix College 6 9.9 pts D+9.1 83%
Opinion Research Associates 6 18.2 pts D+18.2 0%
Remington Research Group 6 7.5 pts D+2.0 67%
Dan Jones & Associates 5 2.8 pts R+0.8 100%
Hickman Analytics 5 7.8 pts D+5.7 60%
Moore Information Group 5 9.9 pts R+3.7 60%
National Research 5 3.7 pts D+0.8 50%
Normington, Petts & Associates partisan·D 5 6.3 pts D+4.0 40%
Selzer & Co. 5 4.2 pts D+3.3 100%
Abt Associates 4 4.8 pts D+4.8 100%
APC Research 4 8.0 pts D+8.0 75%
Brigham Young University Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy 4 16.4 pts D+16.4 75%
ccAdvertising 4 6.5 pts R+3.3 75%
Glengariff Group 4 2.7 pts R+1.8 100%
Harstad Strategic Research 4 5.1 pts D+5.1 0%
Hellenthal & Associates 4 6.0 pts D+0.7 50%
Lake Research Partners partisan·D 4 7.5 pts D+3.3 100%
Maine People's Resource Center partisan·D 4 7.7 pts D+5.5 75%
Marquette University Law School 4 2.6 pts D+1.9 100%
Mellman Group 4 14.2 pts D+14.2 0%
Research & Polling Inc. 4 2.5 pts R+1.6 100%
SoonerPoll.com 4 4.8 pts D+4.8 100%
Western New England University Polling Institute 4 2.4 pts R+2.0 100%
WPA Intelligence partisan·R 4 6.3 pts R+0.4 75%
ABC News/The Washington Post 3 1.5 pts D+0.3 100%
Christopher Newport University Wason Center for Civic Leadership 3 12.9 pts D+12.9 100%
DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department 3 8.1 pts D+4.3 33%
DFM Research 3 10.7 pts D+10.7 100%
Digital Research 3 2.1 pts D+2.1 100%
GBAO partisan·D 3 5.7 pts D+5.7 100%
Impact Research partisan·D 3 7.9 pts D+7.9 100%
JMC Analytics 3 10.0 pts D+7.2 100%
Keating Research partisan·D 3 6.9 pts D+6.9 67%
Kiley & Company 3 2.6 pts D+2.5 100%
McLaughlin & Associates partisan·R 3 4.7 pts D+4.0 67%
Nielson Brothers Polling 3 14.1 pts D+14.1 100%
Princeton Survey Research Associates International 3 10.1 pts D+10.1 33%
St. Pete Polls 3 1.5 pts D+1.5 50%
Susquehanna Polling & Research Inc. 3 4.3 pts R+4.3 100%
University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Public Opinion 3 1.1 pts R+1.1 100%
Ward Research 3 4.4 pts D+1.6 100%
Winthrop University Center for Public Opinion & Policy Research 3 2.3 pts D+1.7 100%
Zogby Analytics 3 5.4 pts D+4.2 67%

Scored-poll data for 2014 from FiveThirtyEight's pollster-ratings dataset (CC-BY-4.0); scoring computed by PollingSource.

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