POLICy RESEARCH

Understand public opinion with precision and depth

From fast-turnaround polling to large-scale social research, Focaldata helps you go beyond the headlines to understand what people really think. Get robust, representative insight that drives strategic decisions and informs high-stakes campaigns, policy, and messaging.

Why leading political and social research teams choose Focaldata

From think tanks and campaigning organisations to advocacy groups and government bodies – we help the UK’s most influential organisations understand public attitudes with rigour, speed, and clarity.

Media-ready data outputs

Get clean, structured data ready for publication or internal use. With built-in tables, toplines, and data exports, Focaldata makes it easy to turn insight into action – fast.

Robust public opinion data

Access high-quality, nationally representative samples or zoom in on specific groups – by geography, voting behaviour, income, or identity. We build and quality-check your audience for you, so your data reflects the real world.

Fast-turnaround polling

Run overnight polls with fieldwork completed in hours, not days. React to events as they unfold, or test multiple message framings quickly – ideal for media-facing research, campaign war rooms, and policy pilots.

Measure what matters

From issue salience to policy support, trust, or favourability – track the metrics that actually move public opinion. Build consistent time series data to spot trends early and anticipate shifts before they hit the headlines.

Target hard-to-reach groups

Want to hear from 2019 Conservative-Labour switchers? Or voters in Red Wall constituencies? Our platform allows granular audience construction so you can reach the exact groups who matter to your research questions.

Iterate, segment, go deeper

Compare message framings, policy options, or positioning angles across different demographics and voter types. Use quali-quant tools and split-cell testing to uncover what works – and why.

Traditional polling vs. Focaldata

Ditch outdated fieldwork cycles and static panels. Move to agile, flexible, and data-rich research that reflects how public opinion works today.

Traditional polling

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Slow and inflexible

Weeks-long fieldwork cycles that miss the moment.

Fast, repeatable polling that helps you stay ahead of the news cycle.

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Broadbrush audiences

Nationally representative samples with no flexibility to go deeper

Granular audience targeting lets you zoom into the groups that matter most.

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Black-box methodologies

Limited visibility into how data is collected or weighted.

Transparent data processes with built-in checks and open documentation.

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Difficult to scale

Each new project requires a bespoke, manual setup

Flexible platform workflows allow you to run polls and segment audiences at pace

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Uncovering the hidden drivers of workforce dropout
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Social Market Foundation collects 29,000 data points across 15 markets in 5 days
Social Market Foundation collects 29,000 data points across 15 markets in 5 days
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How Which? collected robust data on ethnic minority consumers
How Which? collected robust data on ethnic minority consumers
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Social Market Foundation use Focaldata AI to land groundbreaking research on young people
Social Market Foundation use Focaldata AI to land groundbreaking research on young people
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Fairness Foundation uses Focaldata AI to unpack difficult concepts
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Centre for Cities uncovers the relationship between workers and employers in 4 global cities
Centre for Cities uncovers the relationship between workers and employers in 4 global cities
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Delivering weekly multi-market brand tracking for Mediahub
Delivering weekly multi-market brand tracking for Mediahub
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Powering local-level campaigning with Hope not Hate with 20,000-person MRP analysis
Powering local-level campaigning with Hope not Hate with 20,000-person MRP analysis
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Helping AMV BBDO win new pitches with RSPCA through lightning fast quant data
Helping AMV BBDO win new pitches with RSPCA through lightning fast quant data
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Helping GSCC with flash 24-hour polling to drive the green agenda
Helping GSCC with flash 24-hour polling to drive the green agenda
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Chicago Forward used Focaldata AI’s rapid message testing for winning campaign
Chicago Forward used Focaldata AI’s rapid message testing for winning campaign
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AxiaOrigin used Focaldata to survey 40,000 respondents in 50 countries in 4 weeks
AxiaOrigin used Focaldata to survey 40,000 respondents in 50 countries in 4 weeks

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