The Republican brand in the US has become *heavily* 'elite-coded'. Out of 40 archetypes we tested in our latest survey with @financialtimes.com, billionaires, CEOs, and country club members were the most Republican-leaning groups in the eyes of American voters.

🇺🇸 First Focaldata midterms polling of 2026 House of Representatives congressional vote All adults 🔵 Democrats: 42% 🔴 Republicans: 38% Registered voters 🔵 Democrats: 46% 🔴 Republicans: 42% Likely voters 🔵 Democrats: 51% 🔴 Republicans: 44% www.focaldata.com/blog/cost-of...

Cost of living fuelling Democrat strength in new midterms polling

Economic concerns are set to give the Democrats an extra 2.5 million votes in November

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NEW: Westminster voting intention 🟣 RFM: 26% (-3) 🔴 LAB: 21% (+1) 🔵 CON: 20% (+2) 🟠 LDM: 14% (+1) 🟢 GRN: 10% (-2) 16-19 Jan, 1,585 respondents (GB) Changes with 26-28 Nov

We've just released our new white paper, 'Britain's Digital Future: Why digital sovereignty could become the next major political divide' Download it here: www.focaldata.com/blog/britain...

Our take on the Canadian election from @focaldata.bsky.social + @politico.com. Liberals ahead by 3 pts which is likely to translate into a small majority. Trump has had a material effect. One pause for thought. “Wisdom of the crowds” has a 4 point Conservative lead. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

🇨🇦🧵 Quick thread on some of our findings ahead of today's Canadian election. Our headline results put the Liberals ahead, but we've uncovered evidence that the Conservatives may have won the election (or at least the most seats) if Trump had not won in November.

Yesterday, we presented some exclusive findings from a European survey (covering 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇧) at the CEPS Ideas Lab in Brussels. With defence and security in the news, here are our key findings on that particular topic... 🧵

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Bi_Focal #21: Four lessons from a year in research

Explore key lessons from 2024, including innovations in opinion polling, demographic shifts, and the rise of zero-sum thinking. Learn how we expect MRP, 'wisdom of the crowds,' and qualitative researc...

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Our latest Bi_Focal blog looks at views on economic growth and finds that they form a distinct dimension of political beliefs, separate from traditional left-right economic or liberal-conservative cultural divides. Read it here 👇 www.focaldata.com/blog/bi-foca...

Bi_Focal #20: Is there an anti-growth coalition in Britain?

With the Labour government’s focus on increasing economic growth, in this blog post we examine whether there actually is (in Liz Truss’s words) an ‘anti-growth coalition’ within public opinion and whe...

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