What they're saying about Public Policy Polling

- A comprehensive analysis of swing state polls that appeared in the November 6th edition of the Wall Street Journal identified PPP as one of the two most accurate companies in the country.

- During the primaries SurveyUSA, a rival polling company, did report cards based on eight measures of polling accuracy after each individual contest. PPP had the most accurate poll of any organization in the country for South Carolina, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Indiana, and Oregon according to those report cards. Additionally, PPP had the most accurate combined numbers of anyone for the key March 4th primaries in Texas and Ohio.

- Of the pollsters for the general election in Oregon, Jeff Mapes of the Portland Oregonian wrote 'In the presidential race, Public Policy Polling, which also uses recorded voices to question voters, came the closest.'Mapes also showed PPP as the strongest pollster for the Democratic primary in the state, and commenting on PPP's ability to poll races beyond the top of the ballot wrote ‘Public Policy Polling does get points for showing strong leads for John Kroger in the attorney general's race and Kate Brown in the secretary of state race. Both, of course, won.'

- Of the pollsters in New Mexico, Matthew Reichbach of the New Mexico Independent said 'So who was the most accurate pollster in New Mexico? That honor looks to go to Public Policy Polling (PPP), who conducted a poll on Oct. 28-30 and showed a 17 percentage point lead for Obama, 58 percent to 41 percent.'

- Darrel Rowland of the Columbus Dispatch, in discussing PPP's final pre election poll in Ohio, wrote 'Public Policy Polling of North Carolina also came within 2 points of Obama's margin.' After the Ohio Democratic primary Rowland also commented on PPP's accuracy, writing 'Public Policy Polling of Raleigh, N.C., came within a point of the actual margin.'

- Scott Mooneyham, a syndicated columnist in North Carolina, wrote 'Public Policy Polling, a Democratic firm based in Raleigh, was pretty accurate a cross the board, especially at the top of the ticket. Its final polls put Obama ahead by a single percentage point in the state, Hagan ahead by 7 and Perdue up by 1. Perdue won by 3 percentage points. For the first time, North Carolina also saw some substantial public polling on down-ballot races, primarily by Public Policy Polling. Those polls accurately predicted winners.'

- After the North Carolina primary the Fayetteville Observer wrote about PPP's polls under the headline 'Perfect Prognosticating' and the News&Observer wrote "Public Policy Polling had the best numbers on the presidential race' under the headline ' Local pollster tops them all."

- Following the South Carolina primary the Greensboro News&Record commented 'With all the hay made over haywire polls in New Hampshire, let's give credit where credit is due. Public Policy Polling is a Raleigh outfit that uses automated calls to survey potential voters. The company was on the nose Saturday, predicting that Barack Obama would win by 20 percentage points, with most other polling firms predicting less. As it turned out, PPP was the closest of the pollster pack.'