RealClearPolitics
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RealClearPolitics (RCP) is an American conservative political news website and polling data aggregator. It was founded in 2000 by former options trader John McIntyre and former advertising agency account executive Tom Bevan. It features selected political news stories and op-eds from various news publications in addition to commentary and original content from its own contributors. RCP receives its most traffic during election season and is known for its aggregation of polling data.
Key facts
- Website.name
- RealClearPolitics
- Website.logo
- RCPlogoNew.png
- Website.logo_alt
- RCP logo
- Website.employees
- 70
- Website.type
- News aggregator, political commentary
- Website.language
- English
- Website.registration
- Optional
- Website.key_people
- Tom Bevan (Publisher)Carl M. Cannon (Executive Editor)
- Website.owner
- RealClearInvestors and Crest Media
- Website.author
- John McIntyre, Tom Bevan
- Website.current_status
- Online
- Website.commercial
- Yes
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- realclearpolitics.com
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- inception
- 2000-02-03
- Alexa rank
- 5137
- social media followers
- 222439
- Commons category
- RealClearPolitics
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- Establishment
- Political orientation
- 2000 to 2017
- 2017 onward
- Presidential elections
- 2016
- 2020
- 2024
- Franchise
- Original content
- Political poll averaging
- Public opinion polling
- See also
- References
- External links
RealClearPolitics (RCP) is an American conservative political news website and polling data aggregator. It was founded in 2000 by former options trader John McIntyre and former advertising agency account executive Tom Bevan. It features selected political news stories and op-eds from various news publications in addition to commentary and original content from its own contributors. RCP receives its most traffic during election season and is known for its aggregation of polling data.
== Establishment== The website was founded in 2000 by McIntyre, a former trader at the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Bevan, a former advertising agency account executive. McIntyre explained "it really wasn't any more complicated than there should be a place online that pulled together all this quality information." They call what they do "intelligent aggregation". The site has grown in election-season spurts since it first went online. It has expanded from a two-man operation to a full-time staff of more than 70 employees overseeing the company's mainstay, RealClearPolitics, as well as 14 smaller sites.