Pollster ratings · Crosstab Trust Index

RT Strategies C+

Trust Score 39/100, rank #47 of 72 (low confidence; grade held in 34% of 400 resamples, plausible rank #23–70).

Average error
5.7
points, vs. 5.9 expected for its races
Versus other pollsters, same races
0.1 better
points
Historical bias
D+1.5
which way its misses leaned
Winners called
71%
45 polls, 2006–2006

How RT Strategies compares

Trust Score percentile31th (median 49)
Accuracy versus expected53th percentile
Random miss (consistency)±5.5 pts
MethodLive Phone
Transparency score6/10

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Frequently asked questions

Is RT Strategies accurate?

RT Strategies is rated C+ in the Crosstab Trust Index (Trust Score 39 of 100, rank 47 of 72, low confidence). Its final polls missed the actual margin by 5.7 points on average, against 5.9 expected for the races it polled, and it called the winner in 71% of races.

Does RT Strategies lean Republican or Democratic?

Historically, RT Strategies's misses leaned D+1.5 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.