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 Civiqs as Left Biased based on polling that consistently favors the left. We also rate them as a Mostly Factual pollster based on a B rating in predictive polling.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: LEFT (-6.4)
Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL (3.0)
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Organization/Foundation
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY
History
Civiqs is a research and polling organization based in Oakland, California. See their about page.
Read our profile on the United States media and government.
Funded by / Ownership
Civiqs is a private company based in California. Its revenue is generated through service sales.
Analysis / Bias
Civiqs conducts political research and polling on a wide range of topics, including elections. The website publishes news stories from other left-leaning sources like the New York Times and MSNow.
Polling bias is assessed using Silver Bulletin’s mean-reverted bias metric. For Civiqs, the mean-reverted polling bias is −2.83, indicating a significant Democratic lean. Under MBFC’s calibrated polling bias scale, a mean bias between -2.6 and -3.0 corresponds to a polling bias score of -6. Polling bias accounts for 70% of the final bias score, while editorial bias accounts for 30%.
Applying MBFC’s weighted formula:
(−6 × 0.70) + (−7 × 0.30) = −6.4
Based on MBFC’s bias classification scale, a final score of -6.4 places Civiqs in the Left category.
Factual reporting is rated Mostly Factual based on a Silver Bulletin grade of B, indicating good predictive accuracy and good methodological performance.
Failed Fact Checks
- None in the Last 5 years
Overall, we rate Civiqs as Left Biased based on polling that consistently favors the left. We also rate them as a Mostly Factual pollster based on a B rating in predictive polling. (D. Van Zandt 04/13/2024) Updated (02/10/2026)
Source: https://civiqs.com/
Last Updated on February 11, 2026 by Media Bias Fact Check
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