Pollster

Lord Ashcroft Polls

Research draft
Polls since 2024
12
Latest poll ended
May 17, 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.

Lord Ashcroft Polls publishes the polling of Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC, whom its About page describes as an international businessman, philanthropist, author and pollster who carries out extensive polling, mainly linked to his interest in politics.1 The About page and his June 2026 US report describe him as a former treasurer and deputy chairman of the UK Conservative Party and as honorary chairman and a former treasurer of the International Democracy Union.1,2 That report says 10,138 US adults were interviewed online between 28 April and 17 May 2026 and that 12 focus groups were held in May 2026, and the article presenting it says it was first published in the Mail on Sunday.2,3 A December 2025 article on the site presenting US poll results says it is an edited version of his presentation to the International Democracy Union Forum in Washington, D.C.4

§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.

Led by

  • Lord Ashcroft. Its About page presents Lord Ashcroft as the pollster behind the site's research, and its reports are published under his name.1,2

§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 About page and the US reports read do not say whether it polls for candidates or parties or name any client.1,2

Of its 12 polls listed since the 2024 election, VoteHub flags 0 as paid for by a Democratic-aligned sponsor and 0 by a Republican-aligned sponsor5.

§4Its polls

The 12 polls of its we list, newest first.
In the fieldQuestionResultWithPaid for bySample
April 28–May 17, 2026Presidential primary · 2028 RepublicanJD Vance 32 · Donald Trump Jr. 22 · Marco Rubio 13 · Ron DeSantis 7 · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 5 · Ted Cruz 3 · 2 more3,804 A
April 28–May 17, 2026Presidential primary · 2028 DemocraticKamala Harris 33 · Gavin Newsom 17 · Pete Buttigieg 9 · Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 9 · Mark Kelly 6 · Josh Shapiro 5 · 2 more4,203 A
October 6–November 1, 2025Job approval · Donald TrumpDisapprove 54 · Approve 448,569 RV
October 6–November 1, 2025Favorability · JD VanceUnfavorable 44 · Favorable 3610,028 A
October 6–November 1, 2025Favorability · JD VanceUnfavorable 45 · Favorable 388,569 RV
October 6–November 1, 2025Job approval · JD VanceDisapprove 49 · Approve 438,569 RV
October 6–November 1, 2025Favorability · Donald TrumpUnfavorable 52 · Favorable 3910,028 A
October 6–November 1, 2025Favorability · Donald TrumpUnfavorable 52 · Favorable 418,569 RV
October 6–November 1, 2025Job approval · JD VanceDisapprove 48 · Approve 4010,028 A
October 6–November 1, 2025Job approval · Donald TrumpDisapprove 55 · Approve 4310,028 A
April 9–April 30, 2025Job approval · JD VanceDisapprove 47 · Approve 4110,000 A
April 9–April 30, 2025Job approval · JD VanceDisapprove 48 · Approve 438,560 RV

§5What we looked for and didn't find

  • No founding year or legal structure was found on the site, so kind is left unset.
  • No fieldwork vendor is named in the June 2026 US report or the articles read.
  • No standing news partner was found; one June 2026 article says it was first published in the Mail on Sunday.
  • British Polling Council pages returned HTTP 425 and could not be read; a search result pointed to BPC minutes discussing whether Lord Ashcroft was a member, which could not be checked.
  • Searches for AAPOR statements, court cases, regulator actions, aggregator exclusion statements and retractions found nothing naming the firm's US polling.