Pollster · Commercial firm

Red Oak Strategic

Research draft

Polls since 2024: 1
Latest poll ended: July 12, 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.

Red Oak Strategic describes itself on its website as a full-stack data science and analytics firm, founded in 2012, whose services include survey research and polling, predictive models and audience segmentation.¹ The site gives an address in Alexandria, Virginia, names no executives, and says its clients range from large companies and financial firms to political campaigns, non-profit organizations and American presidential campaigns.¹ According to The Algemeiner, a July 2026 poll of the New York governor's race was conducted by Red Oak Strategic for Strong and Safe, which the outlet describes as a pro-Blakeman super PAC.²

Kind: Commercial firm¹
Founded: 2012¹

§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.

Who paid for its polls

Sponsors named on its polls, most polls first³. A party-aligned flag is VoteHub's, per poll.
Sponsor	Polls	Between	Flagged party-aligned
Strong and Safe	1	July 12, 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.

Doesn’t say whom it works for. Its website lists political and presidential campaigns among its clients but names none of them and does not say which party it works for.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 sponsor³.

Federal campaigns and committees that paid it

From 2023 through 2026, 5 federal committees reported paying Red Oak Strategic $1,107,881 for polling, surveys or research^4,5,6,7. By the party each committee reports to the FEC: 0 Democratic, 2 Republican, and 3 none (most PACs and super PACs report none).

The largest payers, by amount paid for polling, surveys or research. Only federal committees report to the FEC; state and local campaigns, work paid through another consultant, and polling billed as consulting are not here. Matched by the payee name on the filing: RED OAK STRATEGIC; RED OAK STRATEGIC LLC; RED OAK STRATEGIC, LLC.
Committee	Kind	Party it reports	Paid for polling	Between
THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND	Super PAC	None reported	$568,699	March 8, 2024 – September 24, 2024
SLF PAC	Super PAC	None reported	$229,478	August 22, 2024 – June 11, 2026
NRSC	Party committee	Republican	$144,202	June 3, 2024 – November 5, 2024
TRUTH AND COURAGE PAC	Super PAC	None reported	$143,003	September 30, 2024 – October 10, 2024
DR SAM FOR CONGRESS	House campaign	Republican	$22,500	May 14, 2026

§4Its polls

The 1 polls of its we list, newest first.
In the field	Question	Result	With	Paid for by	Sample
July 7–July 12, 2026	Governor · 2026 New York	Kathy Hochul 47 · Bruce Blakeman 43		Strong and SafeRepublican-aligned sponsor	2,000 RV

§5What we looked for and didn't find

The firm's website names no owner, founder or leader; a University of Michigan event page that a search listing says names its founder returned HTTP 403.
Nothing read ties the Alexandria, Virginia firm to the New York poll beyond the shared name; the New York Post article on the poll could not be fetched.
No standing news partner, standing client, co-pollster or fieldwork vendor was found.
No named campaign or party clients were found.
A findings search found no AAPOR statement, court ruling, regulator action or retraction concerning the firm; aggregator statements were left to the separate sweep and not searched here.