Trusted data. Rapid strategic insights. Winning messages.

Who We Are

Navigator tracks public opinion on the nation’s most pressing issues and transforms trusted data into rapid strategic insights and winning messages. Grounded in rigorous methodology and years of longitudinal research, we deliver clear, actionable guidance that helps leaders shape debates and move audiences.

National Surveys

National quantitative surveys that track how public opinion shifts as issues evolve in real time.

Qualitative Research

In-depth qualitative research that reveals how Americans think, feel, and talk about major issues.

Battleground Surveys

Targeted surveys in U.S. House districts that pinpoint issue priorities of everyday Americans.

Messaging Guidance

Strategic messaging guidance that turns trusted research into clear, usable language and winning policy arguments.

Latest Research

Rising Grocery Prices Are Getting Harder For Americans To Digest

Rising Grocery Prices Are Getting Harder For Americans To Digest

October 1, 2026 Tina Tang, Avery Smedley, and Abigail Xu

This Navigator Research report covers rising grocery prices and cost of living.

Battleground Surveys
September 29, 2026

Alaskans Grow Cold On The Economy, Trump and More

This Navigator Research report covers new research from a statewide survey conducted in Alaska August 18 - 29, as part of our larger Expanding the Battleground series, which also included statewide surveys in Iowa, Texas, and Ohio.

Melissa Toufanian
National Surveys
September 28, 2026

What the Flock? Americans Are Not On Board With Flock Cameras

This Navigator Research report covers how Americans view Flock cameras and surveillance.

Avery Smedley and Tina Tang
National Surveys
September 24, 2026

Food for Thought: Americans Are Concerned About What’s On Their Plate

This Navigator Research report covers how Americans are viewing recent food safety issues that have dominated headlines and how they have changed what they eat because of it.

Tina Tang
Battleground Surveys
September 23, 2026

All Eyes on Corruption in the Buckeye State

This Navigator report contains new research from a statewide survey in Ohio August 18 - 29 concerning views of leaders, issue priorities, and trust.

Avery Smedley & Tina Tang

Our work has been featured in major national and in-state media outlets.