RIGHT-CENTER BIAS
These media sources are slight to moderately conservative in bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by appealing to emotion or stereotypes) to favor conservative causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information but may require further investigation. See all Right-Center sources.
- Overall, we rate Cygnal Polling as Right-Center Biased based on polling that moderately favors the right. We also rate them as a High Factual pollster based on a 2.1-star rating in predictive polling.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: RIGHT-CENTER (2.8)
Factual Reporting: HIGH (1.5)
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Organization/Foundation
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY
History
Cygnal Polling is a polling organization based in Washington, DC. According to their about page, “We are creating a company that empowers campaigns, caucuses, committees, and causes with more accurate polling, more useful analytics, more moving targeting, and more consistent data—whether it be through a custom project, software tool, or subscription.”
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Funded by / Ownership
Cygnal Polling is a privately owned company. Revenue is generated through the sales of services.
Analysis / Bias
Cygnal Polling conducts political research and polling on a wide range of topics, including elections. The website publishes news related to its polling that usually favors the right like this Democrats Have an Deportation Problem. The Polling Is Brutal.
In 2024, FiveThirtyEight, an expert on measuring and rating pollster performance, evaluated 46 polls by Cygnal, earning 2.1 stars for accuracy, indicating they are High Factual by MBFC’s criteria. They also concluded that their polling slightly favors the Left with a score of +1.59, which equates to a Left-Center polling bias.
In 2026, Cygnal now almost exclusively publishes news and content that favors the right. Polling also appears to favor the right, particularly on ICE, where they show a much more favorable rating than other pollsters. While Cygnal has moved to the right since our last review, we still rate it as highly factual due to the absence of evidence demonstrating that its polling is inaccurate.
Failed Fact Checks
- None in the Last 5 years
Overall, we rate Cygnal Polling as Right-Center Biased based on polling that moderately favors the right. We also rate them as a High Factual pollster based on a 2.1-star rating in predictive polling. (D. Van Zandt 05/16/2024) Updated (02/04/2026)
Source: https://www.cygn.al/
Last Updated on February 4, 2026 by Media Bias Fact Check
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