Pollster ratings · Crosstab Trust Index

We Ask America C-

Trust Score 21/100, rank #64 of 72 (medium confidence; grade held in 54% of 400 resamples, plausible rank #30–70).

Average error
4.7
points, vs. 5.1 expected for its races
Versus other pollsters, same races
0.8 worse
points
Historical bias
R+1.9
which way its misses leaned
Winners called
83%
36 polls, 2010–2014

How We Ask America compares

Trust Score percentile11th (median 49)
Accuracy versus expected60th percentile
Random miss (consistency)±4.6 pts
MethodIVR
Transparency score6/10

Average error by election cycle

CyclePollsAvg errorBias
201083.3R+1.1
2012225.2R+4
201464.8D+4.8

Open We Ask America in the interactive Trust Index All pollster ratings

Frequently asked questions

Is We Ask America accurate?

We Ask America is rated C- in the Crosstab Trust Index (Trust Score 21 of 100, rank 64 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.

Does We Ask America lean Republican or Democratic?

Historically, We Ask America's misses leaned R+1.9 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.