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Grassroots Targeting
- Polls since 2024
- 1
- Latest poll ended
- September 9, 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.
Grassroots Targeting, LLC is a voter data and modeling firm in Alexandria, Virginia; its website says Blaise Hazelwood launched it in 2005 and describes its work as modeling and data-driven insight into voter motivation for campaigns and issue advocacy.1,
§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
- Blaise Hazelwood (2005). Its team page says Blaise Hazelwood launched Grassroots Targeting in 2005.2
Led by
- Blaise Hazelwood. Its team page lists Blaise Hazelwood as founder and chief executive.2
Who paid for its polls
| Sponsor | Polls | Between | Flagged party-aligned |
|---|---|---|---|
| California First Fund | 1 | September 9, 2026 | Republican-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.
Works for Republican candidates or groups. Its home page calls it the only Republican data firm to have helped defeat eight incumbent senators, and its winning campaigns page lists the RNC, NRSC, NRCC, Republican Governors Association, Republican Attorneys General Association and Republican State Leadership Committee along with Republican senators, governors and members of Congress, naming no Democratic client. This rests on its own description and the clients it names.1,
- Republican National Committee. Its winning campaigns page lists the Republican National Committee among the committees and organizations it has worked for.3
- National Republican Senatorial Committee. Its winning campaigns page lists the National Republican Senatorial Committee among the committees and organizations it has worked for.3
- National Republican Congressional Committee. Its winning campaigns page lists the National Republican Congressional Committee among the committees and organizations it has worked for.3
- Republican Governors Association. Its winning campaigns page lists the Republican Governors Association among the committees and organizations it has worked for.3
- Republican State Leadership Committee. Its winning campaigns page lists the Republican State Leadership Committee and several programs for it, and its home page credits the firm with Pennsylvania absentee voting work for that committee.1,
3 - Donald J. Trump for President. Its winning campaigns page lists Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. among its clients, and its home page carries a testimonial crediting the firm's targeting for that campaign.1,
3 - Dave McCormick for Senate (2024–now). Its home page lists Dave McCormick's 2024 Senate campaign among its work.1
Of its 1 poll listed since the 2024 election, VoteHub flags 0 as paid for by a Democratic-aligned sponsor and 1 by a Republican-aligned sponsor4.
Federal campaigns and committees that paid it
From 2023 through 2026, 23 federal committees reported paying Grassroots Targeting $5,691,155 for polling, surveys or research5,
| Committee | Kind | Party it reports | Paid for polling | Between |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE | Party committee | Republican | $3,916,880 | April 10, 2024 – September 4, 2026 |
| KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC | Super PAC | None reported | $240,000 | November 17, 2023 – August 26, 2024 |
| GLCF, INC. | Super PAC | None reported | $208,000 | July 2, 2026 |
| NRSC | Party committee | Republican | $196,000 | June 26, 2024 – September 25, 2026 |
| RICK SCOTT FOR FLORIDA | Senate campaign | Republican | $175,000 | October 31, 2023 – October 4, 2024 |
| ASHLEY FOR IOWA | Senate campaign | Republican | $161,000 | January 13, 2026 |
| THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND | Super PAC | None reported | $140,000 | December 29, 2025 |
| NORTHWOODS FUTURE PAC | Super PAC | None reported | $110,500 | November 20, 2025 – May 8, 2026 |
| VAN ORDEN FOR CONGRESS | House campaign | Republican | $104,200 | November 8, 2024 – July 21, 2026 |
| STATE ACTION FUND PAC INC. | Super PAC | None reported | $95,300 | March 6, 2024 |
| BERNIE MORENO FOR SENATE | Senate campaign | Republican | $52,500 | July 8, 2024 |
| NRCC | Party committee | Republican | $47,875 | June 26, 2023 – September 18, 2026 |
§4Its polls
| In the field | Question | Result | With | Paid for by | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 5–September 9, 2026 | U.S. House · 2026 CA-40 | Young Kim 43 · Ken Calvert 34 | California First FundRepublican-aligned sponsor | 800 LV |
§5What we looked for and didn't find
- Ownership is not stated on the pages read beyond the founder's role; the footer gives the name Grassroots Targeting LLC.
- No standing news partner was found.
- No outside fieldwork or panel vendor is named.
- The Politico California Playbook item behind its 2026 California First Fund poll could not be fetched, so that poll's sponsor and method were not read from a primary source.
- Most clients on its winning campaigns page are listed without years.
- Searches found no AAPOR statement, court ruling, regulator action, aggregator statement about excluding or reweighting its polls, or retraction by the firm.