LEFT BIAS
These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports, and omit information reporting that may damage liberal causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy. See all Left Bias sources.
- Overall, we rate Citizen Data as left-biased based on polling consistently favoring the left. We also rate them as a Mixed Factual pollster based on a 1.4-star rating in predictive polling.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: LEFT
Factual Reporting: MIXED
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Organization/Foundation
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY
History
Citizen Data is a research organization based in Washington, DC. According to their about page, “Empowering organizations to unite Americans and drive solutions through better data.“
Read our profile on the United States media and government.
Funded by / Ownership
Citizen Data is a private company owned by Mindy Finn. Its revenue is generated through service sales.
Analysis / Bias
Citizen Data conducts political research and polling on a wide range of topics, including elections. The website does not publish news other than its polls.
FiveThirtyEight, an expert on measuring and rating pollster performance, has evaluated 11 polls by Citizen Data, earning 0.9 stars for accuracy, indicating they are Mixed Factual by MBFC’s criteria. They also concluded that their polling favors the Left with a score of +2.6, which equates to a Left polling bias. In general, Change is considered a moderatly accurate pollster that demonstrates a left-leaning bias in polling.
Failed Fact Checks
- None in the Last 5 years
Overall, we rate Citizen Data as Left Biased based on polling that consistently favors the left. We also rate them as a Mixed Factual pollster based on a 1.4-star rating in predictive polling. (D. Van Zandt 04/05/2024)
Source: https://citizendata.com/
Last Updated on April 5, 2024 by Media Bias Fact Check
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