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July 2026

Forthright Featured in Recent Journal Publications 📚

High-quality research depends on high-quality data. We're proud that Forthright survey samples continue to support peer-reviewed research like these recent articles across political science, marketing, and communication.

Chong, C., & Raychaudhuri, T.
The Model Minority Stereotype and Republican Partisan Identification Among Asian Americans. Political Behavior (2026).

Lendway, P.
The Political Ramifications of Sermon Rhetoric Among White U.S. Protestants and White Catholics. Political Behavior (2026).

Pittman, M., Li, S., & Sun, B.
Leveraging Explicit Conclusions to Manage Cognitive Load in Social Media Advertising. Psychology & Marketing (2026).

Palm, R., Bolsen, T., & Kingsland, J. T.
Framing and Public Opinion on the Causes of Urban Wildfires in the United States. Environmental Communication (2026).

Congratulations to all the authors!

Forthright Launches New Quality Assurance Features 🔍

Forthright continues to enhance our Survey Gateway technology to protect the integrity of our panel and strengthen quality assurance. As part of these ongoing efforts, we regularly evaluate and deploy new capabilities to improve detection of fraud, bots, and AI-enabled abuse. Current areas of focus include:

Automated review of open-ended responses to identify suspicious or low-quality survey completions.

Camera-based human verification to help confirm respondent authenticity.

Interactive Voice Response (IVR) phone verification using vetted mobile phone numbers collected and reviewed during account registration.

These enhancements further strengthen the rigorous screening and verification processes that Forthright panelists complete before participating in client surveys. Our goal is to maintain a seamless respondent experience while implementing practical safeguards that mitigate fraud and bot activity. By balancing respondent experience with robust validation processes, we continue to improve the quality and reliability of the data we deliver.

Join Us at the APSA Annual Conference 🎉

Forthright is heading to the APSA Annual Conference, September 3-6, in Boston.

Greg Bovitz will present research on a Political Methodology panel examining online survey data quality. The Forthright team will also be exhibiting and will be available to discuss your research needs.

May 2026

Expertise Shared at Stanford PPRG Spring Colloquia 👨‍🏫

Forthright's own Greg Bovitz was delighted to participate in the Spring 2026 Colloquia series hosted by Stanford University's Political Psychology Research Group. His session, Designing and Managing Nonprobability Panels: A Practitioner's Perspective, highlighted Forthright's approach to panel methodology and the considerations that drive stronger sample representativeness in the nonprobability context.

The Forthright team welcomes opportunities to engage with teams of scholars and we're always happy to schedule private briefings for academic departments or research centers.

Join Us at the AAPOR Annual Conference 🤝

Forthright is heading to the AAPOR Annual Conference, taking place May 13-16 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. Greg Bovitz will be presenting "Building and Maintaining an Online Panel" as part of a plenary session featuring a moderated roundtable and audience discussion on contemporary survey research and data quality. The session will include speakers from government, academia, and the private sector, and we're looking forward to a dynamic discussion with leaders across the field.

The Forthright team will be exhibiting at the AAPOR conference and welcomes the opportunity to discuss your research needs at the event. We hope to see you there and would be glad to schedule time together in advance.

Study Spotlight: Voter Trust in Elections 🗳️

A team of researchers from UC San Diego, USC, UC Davis, UC Riverside, and Yale University recently partnered with Forthright to field a new national study examining voter confidence. The UC San Diego Center for Transparent and Trusted Elections released key findings from this research, indicating a significant decline in trust ahead of the 2026 midterms. Confidence that votes will be counted accurately has dropped from 77% after the 2024 election to just 60% today, with declines across Democrats, Republicans, and independents.

The study also reveals broad skepticism about redistricting fairness and concerns about the potential presence of ICE officers at polling places, which many respondents say would reduce their trust in the voting process.

Forthright is proud to serve as the panel partner supporting this important survey research.

March 2026

Join Us at MPSA 2026 🤝

Forthright is heading to the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, April 23-26 at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Greg Bovitz and Rick Konopka will be on-site to share insights and discuss upcoming research opportunities. If you have time to grab a coffee or chat during the conference, please reach out—we hope to see you there.

Recognition for Panel Quality ⭐

We are pleased to be featured in a new working paper by leading scholars conducting an in-depth evaluation of online survey panels. Forthright ranked highly on representativeness and respondent engagement, serving as an exciting third-party validation of our recruitment strategies and panelist UX. We know data quality is top of mind for researchers right now, and we are proud to see our "quality first" approach validated by the data.

Advancing AI-Moderated Qual Research 🎤

Forthright continues to support the forefront of AI-Moderated Qualitative Interviews. Recent work from researchers at Stanford University features AI-moderated interviews with a large sample provided by our panel. As we advance this methodology for clients across various sectors including technology, automotive, and CPG, we remain focused on delivering rapid, high-quality qualitative insights at scale.

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