Pollster ratings · Crosstab Trust Index

FTI Consulting A-

Trust Score 72/100, rank #13 of 72 (high confidence; grade held in 73% of 400 resamples, plausible rank #7–32). Highly accurate · Transparency member.

Average error
2.8
points, vs. 3.5 expected for its races
Versus other pollsters, same races
0.5 better
points
Historical bias
R+1.1
which way its misses leaned
Winners called
100%
27 polls, 2006–2008

How FTI Consulting compares

Trust Score percentile82th (median 49)
Accuracy versus expected75th percentile
Random miss (consistency)±2.5 pts
MethodLive Phone
Transparency score6/10 · AAPOR/Roper member

Average error by election cycle

CyclePollsAvg errorBias
2006110.1D+10.1
2008262.5R+1.5

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Frequently asked questions

Is FTI Consulting accurate?

FTI Consulting is rated A- in the Crosstab Trust Index (Trust Score 72 of 100, rank 13 of 72, high confidence). Its final polls missed the actual margin by 2.8 points on average, against 3.5 expected for the races it polled, and it called the winner in 100% of races.

Does FTI Consulting lean Republican or Democratic?

Historically, FTI Consulting's misses leaned R+1.1 on average. Lean describes how its numbers compare; it isn't an accusation of bias.

Grades: Crosstab Trust Index, computed from FiveThirtyEight's pollster-ratings data (CC BY 4.0), 1998–2022; 2026 measures from Crosstab's polling data.

Updated 2026-10-04 · Crosstab, nonpartisan polling analysis.