RealClearPolitics, the “gold standard” in polling aggregation and related news, on Friday named InsiderAdvantage the 2nd most accurate national pollster for the period of 2016 through 2020. (The polling firm Selzer & Co. took top honors.) RealClear produced a second list on Sunday of the most accurate national pollsters just for the 2020 presidential cycle. The company was named the 3rd most accurate nationally in the 2020 and Atlanta-based Trafalgar Group took top honors in that ranking.
Both rankings place InsiderAdvantage above every national television network polling unit and every major national newspaper polling group/partnership.
InsiderAdvantage was the only national pollster to rank in the top three spots in both rankings.
Atlanta pollster Landmark Communications was highly ranked at 5th among pollsters who concentrate on just one specific state. No other Georgia-based pollsters made any of the RealClearPolitics top pollster rankings.
All rankings from RCP: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/rcp-pollster-rankings/
Publisher’s note: Internet News Agency, LLC is the parent company of InsiderAdvantage polling as well as Georgia-based InsiderAdvantage Georgia and James Magazine.
Polling Operations Move to Florida
In 2016 Co-Founder Matt Towery became a semi-retired resident of Florida, serving as Of Counsel to the Hall Booth Smith law firm and taking on election cycle polling efforts for InsiderAdvantage. Today he announced that the company would move its polling operations permanently to Florida and bring in additional Florida-based resources. All other InsiderAdvantage operations will remain in Atlanta.
InsiderAdvantage conducts polling for major Fox affiliates across the nation (Fox 5 Atlanta, in Georgia), including Fox 35 in Orlando and Fox 13 Tampa Bay. The polling division will be permanently located in the Tampa Bay area.
InsiderAdvantage has enjoyed “a most accurate” reputation in the Florida as well, as was noted by Fox 13 Political Director/Reporter Craig Patrick just days ago.
IA Election Predictions Nationally
The firm has polled most of the U.S. Senate battleground states for Fox affiliates or national online publications this cycle. Using the political wagering/contract site Predictit’s test numbers as of 12pm Sunday as a benchmark, here are the InsiderAdvantage team’s takes on the major contests as well as the race for governor of Georgia.
Note that these are not official IA polls, merely most likely results based on evaluation of all available polling data as of noon Sunday.
Senate Competitive Battlegrounds
Nevada
Predictit:
74 Cents GOP
20 Cents DEM
InsiderAdv: GOP Win
Georgia
Predictit:
63 Cents GOP
43 Cents DEM
InsiderAdv: Runoff/Advantage Republican
Pennsylvania
Predictit:
61 Cents GOP
43 Cents DEM
InsiderAdv: Tossup/Too Close to Call
Arizona
Predictit:
56 Cents GOP
49 Cents DEM
InsiderAdv: GOP Win
New Hampshire
Predictit:
65 Cents DEM
37 Cents GOP
InsiderAdv: Tossup/Too Close to Call
Washington State
Predictit:
84 Cents DEM
18 Cents GOP
InsiderAdv: DEM WIN
Senate Control:
Predictit:
73 Cents GOP
32 Cents DEM
InsiderAdv: GOP
Georgia Governor:
Predictit:
94 Cents GOP
6 Cents DEM
InsiderAdv: GOP (KEMP) by 10 Points
