Pollster · Commercial firm

Applecart

Research draft
Polls since 2024
1
Latest poll ended
May 25, 2026

Polls from the VoteHub polling API, used under CC BY 4.0. Each result links to the pollster's or sponsor's own release. Imported once a day; a poll VoteHub later changes keeps its earlier version on record here.

§1About

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Applecart describes itself on its website as a marketing technology company whose platform helps organizations reach executives, investors, analysts, policymakers and other decision makers.1 Its About page says Matt Kalmans and Sacha Samotin co-founded it in 2013 and lead it as co-CEOs, that the platform was first built to reach stakeholders in government, and that Blackstone's growth equity business made a $100 million minority investment in a Series C round.1,2 The About page lists board members and advisers from both parties, among them former Democratic National Committee chair Terry McAuliffe and former Republican congressman Patrick McHenry.2 A July 2026 WelcomePAC release says Adam Rapfogel at Applecart conducted a May 2026 survey of 802 likely voters in Texas's 15th congressional district on WelcomePAC's behalf, by landline, cell phone and SMS-to-online.3

Kind
Commercial firm1,2
Founded
20132

§2Who it works with

Why this matters: Owners, news partners and the firms behind a poll's interviews shape what gets asked, how, and what gets published.

Founded by

  • Matt Kalmans (2013). Its About page names Matt Kalmans as a co-founder in 2013.2
  • Sacha Samotin (2013). Its About page names Sacha Samotin as a co-founder in 2013.2

Led by

  • Matt Kalmans. Its About page names Matt Kalmans as co-CEO.2
  • Sacha Samotin. Its About page names Sacha Samotin as co-CEO.2

Who paid for its polls

Sponsors named on its polls, most polls first4. A party-aligned flag is VoteHub's, per poll.
SponsorPollsBetweenFlagged party-aligned
WelcomePAC1May 25, 2026Democratic-aligned sponsor (1)

§3Whom it works for

Why this matters: A firm that also works for one party's campaigns can still publish accurate polls, but readers deserve to know.

Doesn’t say whom it works for. Its home and About pages do not say whether it works for candidates or parties; the About page says one staff member's clients have included presidential campaigns without naming a party.1,2

Of its 1 poll listed since the 2024 election, VoteHub flags 1 as paid for by a Democratic-aligned sponsor and 0 by a Republican-aligned sponsor4.

§4Its polls

The 1 polls of its we list, newest first.
In the fieldQuestionResultWithPaid for bySample
May 18–May 25, 2026U.S. House · 2026 TX-15Bobby Pulido 48 · Monica De La Cruz 46WelcomePACDemocratic-aligned sponsor802 LV

§5What we looked for and didn't find

  • Its website does not give a headquarters city.
  • No ownership breakdown was found beyond the Blackstone minority investment.
  • Its website does not describe a polling practice or name survey fieldwork vendors; the WelcomePAC release is the only poll seen in this pass, and it does not describe Rapfogel's role at the company.
  • No standing news partner or standing polling client was found; WelcomePAC commissioned one poll.
  • A search for lawsuits, settlements and regulator actions returned only unrelated results; no AAPOR statement, aggregator statement about excluding or reweighting its polls, or retraction was found.