Morning Consult controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2016
2016 presidential election polling error
Morning Consult incorrectly projected Hillary Clinton to win the 2016 U.S. presidential election and estimated a three-point national popular-vote victory, while Clinton lost the popular vote by approximately 2.1 percentage points. Reference material also reports below-average performance in the 2018 and 2022 U.S. midterm elections.
2015
Challenge to Shy Trump voter analysis
Morning Consult's analysis of a potentially undercounted or less openly declared Donald Trump voter in the 2015 Republican primaries attracted attention, but the claim was later challenged.