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 High Factual pollster based on a 2.5-star rating in predictive polling.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: LEFT
Factual Reporting: HIGH
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 MSNBC.
FiveThirtyEight, an expert on measuring and rating pollster performance, has evaluated 57 polls by Civiqs, earning 2.5 stars for accuracy, indicating they are High Factual by MBFC’s criteria. They also concluded that their polling favors the Left with a score of +2.9, which equates to a Left polling bias. In general, Civiqs is considered an accurate pollster that demonstrates a left-leaning bias in polling.
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 High Factual pollster based on a 2.5-star rating in predictive polling. (D. Van Zandt 04/13/2024)
Source: https://civiqs.com/
Last Updated on April 13, 2024 by Media Bias Fact Check
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