Trust Score 37/100, rank #52 of 72 (medium confidence; grade held in 48% of 400 resamples, plausible rank #28–60). Transparency member.
| Trust Score percentile | 28th (median 49) |
| Accuracy versus expected | 60th percentile |
| Random miss (consistency) | ±4.7 pts |
| Method | Live Phone |
| Transparency score | 6/10 · AAPOR/Roper member |
| Cycle | Polls | Avg error | Bias |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 5.6 | R+5.6 |
| 2000 | 5 | 4.4 | R+2.1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 4.1 | D+4.1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 9.1 | D+9.1 |
| 2004 | 6 | 4 | D+2.2 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5.3 | R+4.3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3.3 | D+3.3 |
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Los Angeles Times is rated C+ in the Crosstab Trust Index (Trust Score 37 of 100, rank 52 of 72, medium confidence). Its final polls missed the actual margin by 4.7 points on average, against 5.1 expected for the races it polled, and it called the winner in 83% of races.
Historically, Los Angeles Times's misses leaned R+0.7 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.