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Up-to-date collection of presidential and congressional polls, approval polls and more. FiveThirtyEight site, begun by Nate Silver, is owned by ABC News.
GOP and Dem polls, general election polls, congressional polls, governor polls, and State of the Union polls. Real Clear Politics is an independent, non-partisan media company.
Unbiased media plays a pivotal role in elections by fostering an informed electorate and ensuring a fair democratic process. Without bias, the media serves as a reliable source for voters, promoting transparency and trust in the electoral system, ultimately safeguarding the integrity of the democratic process.
There are a couple of charts that seek to help media consumers understand the bias in the media. The one below is created by AllSides and is created using multi-partisan scientific analysis.
Vote Smart provides free, unbiased, in-depth information about current officials, candidates, issues, legislation, and voting.
PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.
A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, FactCheck is a nonpartisan, nonprofit "consumer advocate" that monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases.