Change Research
FormationJuly 2017; 6 years ago (2017-07)
Founders
  • Mike Greenfield
  • Pat Reilly
TypePublic benefit corporation
Location
ServicesPolling
CEO
Mike Greenfield
Chief Growth Officer
Pat Reilly
National Political Director
Kris M. Balderston
Websitewww.changeresearch.com

Change Research is a polling firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1][2] It was first incorporated as a public benefit corporation in July 2017 by Mike Greenfield, a former data scientist at PayPal and LinkedIn, and Pat Reilly, a former Democratic Party campaign operative. Unlike many other pollsters, Change Research conducts all of its polls online.[1][3][4] It claims to offer accurate and inexpensive online polling. Its clients have included Democratic political candidates such as Lauren Underwood, who won a race in Illinois's 14th congressional district in 2018, as well as organizations such as the NAACP and AFL–CIO.[5][6] In 2021, FiveThirtyEight ranked Change Research a "B−" for its historical accuracy and polling methodology and noted that it called 75% of races correctly.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "About Us". Change Research. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  2. ^ Johnson, Martin (2019-12-13). "New poll finds Sanders surging to within 7 points of Biden in South Carolina". The Hill. Retrieved 2020-06-17. ...Change Research, a left-leaning pollster...
  3. ^ "Origin Story & Bio". Change Research. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  4. ^ Richardson, Seth A. (2018-09-07). "Poll from liberal think tank shows close race between Sherrod Brown and Jim Renacci". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  5. ^ Andy Metzger (2019-08-29). "Kennedy holds 17-point lead over Markey in poll". CommonWealth. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  6. ^ Bowman, Bridget (2019-04-02). "Pollsters prep for more 'whack-a-mole' with 2016 in rearview". Roll Call. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  7. ^ Silver, Nate (2021-03-25). "Pollster Ratings - Change Research". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2021-07-21.

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