Trust Score 65/100, rank #21 of 72 (low confidence; grade held in 41% of 400 resamples, plausible rank #7–51). Transparency member.
| Trust Score percentile | 71th (median 49) |
| Accuracy versus expected | 65th percentile |
| Random miss (consistency) | ±4.4 pts |
| Method | Live Phone |
| Transparency score | 10/10 · AAPOR/Roper member |
| Cycle | Polls | Avg error | Bias |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 8 | 11.1 | R+10.1 |
| 2000 | 10 | 4.9 | R+3.5 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3.4 | R+0.4 |
| 2002 | 5 | 3.8 | D+0.6 |
| 2004 | 15 | 4.2 | R+2.8 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | R+0.4 |
| 2006 | 11 | 5.2 | R+0.6 |
| 2008 | 11 | 3.6 | D+3.3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5.1 | D+5.1 |
| 2010 | 21 | 3.4 | R+0.9 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2.7 | even |
| 2013 | 7 | 4.3 | R+0.4 |
| 2014 | 18 | 4 | D+0.8 |
| 2016 | 22 | 4.3 | D+4.3 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 | D+3 |
| 2018 | 9 | 4.1 | D+2.8 |
| 2020 | 12 | 7.1 | D+7.1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2.3 | D+1.4 |
10 polls this cycle; its polls have been 0.5 points more Democratic than other polls of the same races (raw gap D+1.2, adjusted for its 3 polls).
| Date | Poll | Result | vs. other polls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09-27 | Trump approval | Approve 34, Disapprove 61 | |
| 09-27 | Generic ballot | Democrats 51, Republicans 39 | |
| 09-23 | New York Governor | Hochul 58, Blakeman 39 | D+10.5 |
| 09-16 | Connecticut Governor | Lamont 55, Fazio 38 | D+2.4 |
| 09-10 | Trump approval | Approve 33, Disapprove 59 | |
| 09-10 | Generic ballot | Democrats 49, Republicans 38 | |
| 07-29 | Generic ballot | Democrats 48, Republicans 41 | |
| 07-13 | Pennsylvania Governor | Shapiro 53, Garrity 40 | R+9.4 |
| 02-23 | Pennsylvania Governor | Shapiro 55, Garrity 37 | |
| 09-29 | Pennsylvania Governor | Shapiro 55, Garrity 39 |
States polled: Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania.
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Quinnipiac University is rated B+ in the Crosstab Trust Index (Trust Score 65 of 100, rank 21 of 72, low confidence). Its final polls missed the actual margin by 4.5 points on average, against 5 expected for the races it polled, and it called the winner in 80% of races.
Historically, Quinnipiac University's misses leaned D+0.6 on average. In 2026 its polls have been 0.5 points more Democratic than other polls of the same races. Lean describes how its numbers compare; it isn't an accusation of bias.
10 polls in Crosstab's data, including Trump approval, Generic ballot, New York Governor, Connecticut Governor, Pennsylvania Governor.
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.