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Embold Research

Research draft

Polls since 2024: 4
Latest poll ended: October 8, 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.

Embold Research describes itself as the nonpartisan, non-political unit of Change Research, doing public opinion research for renewable energy companies, education bodies, environmental nonprofits and state and local governments.^1,2 Its team page lists Mike Greenfield, a co-founder of Change Research, as co-founder and chief executive.² Its methodology page says it recruits new respondents online for each poll rather than using panels of habitual survey takers, using the same methodology and technology as Change Research.³

Kind: Commercial firm¹

§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.

Part of

Change Research. Embold Research's website calls it the nonpartisan unit of Change Research.^1,2

Polls regularly for

Salve Regina University Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy (2024–now). A September 2024 Pell Center survey write-up calls Embold Research its polling partner, and Salve Regina University says Embold fielded the Pell Center's October 2026 Rhode Island survey for its Voices of Value project.^4,5

Led by

Mike Greenfield. The Embold Research team page lists Mike Greenfield as co-founder and chief executive.²

Who paid for its polls

Sponsors named on its polls, most polls first⁶. A party-aligned flag is VoteHub's, per poll.
Sponsor	Polls	Between	Flagged party-aligned
Salve Regina University Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy	4	October 8, 2026	No

§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.

Says it does no work for parties or candidates. Its website describes it as the nonpartisan, non-political unit of Change Research and lists no candidate or party clients.^1,2

Of its 4 polls listed since the 2024 election, VoteHub flags 0 as paid for by a Democratic-aligned sponsor and 0 by a Republican-aligned sponsor⁶.

§4Its polls

The 4 polls of its we list, newest first.
In the field	Question	Result	Paid for by	Sample
October 5–October 8, 2026	U.S. Senate · 2026 Rhode Island	Jack Reed 55 · Raymond McKay 32 · Michael Bahry 4	Salve Regina University Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy	815 LV
October 5–October 8, 2026	U.S. House · 2026 RI-02	Seth Magaziner 52 · Victor Mellor 39	Salve Regina University Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy	417 LV
October 5–October 8, 2026	U.S. House · 2026 RI-01	Gabe Amo 52 · Kellie Keenan 33 · Pedro Soares DeSouza 4	Salve Regina University Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy	363 LV
October 5–October 8, 2026	Governor · 2026 Rhode Island	Helena Foulkes 39 · Ken Block 28 · Aaron Guckian 17 · Jasjit Gotra 1 · CD Reynolds 0	Salve Regina University Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy	815 LV

§5What we looked for and didn't find

No founding year was confirmed from a page that could be read; Change Research pages that may give it returned too-many-requests errors.
No ownership details beyond being a unit of Change Research were found.
No standing news partner was found.
The Silver Bulletin ratings table and the VoteHub methodology pages could not be read, so aggregator checks rest on published text from aggregators and news searches.
Searches on 2026-11-06 for AAPOR statements, court rulings or settlements, regulator actions, aggregator decisions and retractions or corrections found none naming Embold Research or its polls, and Silver Bulletin's ratings chart on Datawrapper, updated January 12, 2026, lists its parent Change Research but not Embold.