private industry opinion polling founded raleigh north carolina 2001 2001 founder dean debnam headquarters 2912 highwoods boulevard suite 201 raleigh north carolina united states area served u.s. key people dean debnam president ceo tom jensen director website publicpolicypolling.com public policy polling ppp is a u.s. democratic 1 polling firm based in raleigh north carolina . 2 3 4 ppp was founded in 2001 by businessman dean debnam the firm s current president and chief executive officer . 5 in addition to political issues the company has polled the public on topics such as the approval rating of god 6 whether republican voters believe president obama would be eligible to enter heaven in the event of the rapture 7 whether hipsters should be subjected to a special tax for being annoying 8 and whether ted cruz is the zodiac killer . 9 10 contents 1 elections 1.1 2008 1.2 2010 1.3 2011 1.4 2012 1.5 2014 2 methodology 3 references 4 external links elections edit 2008 edit ppp first entered prominence through its performance in the 2008 democratic primaries between barack obama and hillary clinton . the company performed well producing accurate predictions in states ranging from south carolina to wisconsin many of which featured inaccurate results by other pollsters . 11 non primary source needed 12 after the november election ppp was ranked by the wall street journal as one of the two most accurate firms among those who were most active in the presidential swing states . 13 2010 edit ppp was the first pollster to find scott brown with a lead over martha coakley in the massachusetts senate special election ; brown ultimately won in a major comeback and ppp s final poll in that race predicted brown s winning margin exactly . 14 2011 edit ppp was praised by whom for its accuracy in polling primaries and special elections which are notoriously hard to predict . the contests they accurately predicted include the west virginia gubernatorial primaries special elections in new york and california 15 16 as well as all eight wisconsin recall elections . 2012 edit a study by fordham university found that of 28 firms studied ppp had the most accurate poll on the presidential national popular vote both its independently conducted poll and the one it does in collaboration with the daily kos and the seiu . 17 18 ppp correctly called the winner of the presidential election in all 19 states it polled in the final week of the election as well as the winners of all the u.s. senate and gubernatorial races it surveyed . 19 20 21 22 23 2014 edit political research firm yougov found ppp s gubernatorial polls to have the lowest average margin of error among national firms that polled in at least ve gubernatorial races in the month preceding the election . 24 methodology edit the company s surveys use interactive voice response ivr an automated questionnaire used by other polling firms such as surveyusa and rasmussen reports . 25 the journalist nate cohn has criticized the company s methodology as being unscientific . 26 in 2013 columnist nate cohn described ppp as a liberal pollster 27 although according to statistician nate silver ppp had a tendency to slightly lean republican as of september 2016 . 28 references edit jensen tom november 5 2008 . ppp s bias . public policy polling . retrieved october 5 2016 . sarlin benjy august 22 2011 . how ppp became the it democratic pollster . talking points memo . retrieved october 5 2016 . path simone march 23 2016 . not your average pollster he says phones are out and trump is credible . roll call . retrieved october 5 2016 . kraushaar josh june 23 2009 . sen. launches attack on polling firm . politico . retrieved october 5 2016 . about us public policy polling 2012 . retrieved on 6 december 2012 . public policy poll god commands 52 % approval . newsmax.com . july 24 2011 . retrieved october 21 2011 . rosenbaum ron july 19 2011 . only 19 percent of republicans think obama would be raptured . slate . retrieved october 21 2011 . hipster tax for being so annoying backed by 27 percent of americans poll . the huffington post . 13 may 2013 . retrieved 14 may 2013 . stuart tessa 26 february 2016 . is ted cruz the zodiac killer maybe say 38 percent of florida voters . rolling stone . retrieved 1 may 2016 . trump leads rubio in florida even head to head pdf . public policy polling . retrieved 1 may 2016 . ppp most accurate numbers in the country for south carolina . public policy polling . january 26 2008 . retrieved october 21 2011 . http www.surveyusa.com wp content uploads 2008 02 wi dem primary all x all 021908.jpg sarlin benjy august 22 2011 . how ppp became the it democratic pollster . talking points memo . retrieved october 21 2011 . taylor jessica january 9 2010 . poll scott brown ahead of martha coakley by 1 point . politico . retrieved october 21 2011 . catanese david july 14 2011 . the polling is right why ppp deserves props . politico . retrieved october 21 2011 . isenstadt alex. ny 26 the winners and losers . politico . retrieved october 21 2011 . leighton kyle 7 november 2012 . fordham study public policy polling deemed most accurate national pollster in 2012 . talking points memo . retrieved 7 november 2012 . easley jonathan 7 november 2012 . study finds ppp was the most accurate pollster in 2012 . the hill . retrieved 25 april 2013 . mahtesian charles 7 november 2012 . ppp nailed it . politico . retrieved 6 december 2012 . bialik carl 7 november 2012 . how did pollsters fare on election night . wall street journal . retrieved 6 december 2012 . lauter david 8 november 2012 . which pollsters did best non traditional methods were standouts . los angeles times . retrieved 6 december 2012 . enten harry 7 november 2012 . how the pollsters won the 2012 us election mostly . the guardian . retrieved 6 december 2012 . logiurato brett 12 november 2012 . how a three man polling team completely nailed their election prediction . business insider . retrieved 6 december 2012 . yougov yougov poll performance in the 2014 governor elections . yougov what the world thinks . retrieved 2015 07 16 . bialik carl november 6 2008 . polls foresaw future which looks tough for polling . the wall street journal . pp . a16 . retrieved march 12 2012 . cohn nate 2013 09 12 . there s something wrong with america s premier liberal pollster . new republic . retrieved 2016 02 24 . https newrepublic.com article 114682 ppp polling methodology opaque flawed silver nate 2016 06 02 . fivethirtyeight s pollster ratings . retrieved 2016 07 19 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title public policy polling & oldid 742994516 categories companies based in raleigh north carolinacompanies established in 2001democratic party united states organizationsprivately held companies based in north carolinapublic opinion research companieshidden categories all pages needing factual verificationwikipedia articles needing 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