Momentum Tracking

See the shift before it sticks.

In a volatile cycle, confidence is currency. Momentum Tracking gives clients the clarity to act decisively—whether it’s adjusting media buys, refining messaging, or reallocating field resources. With daily updates, DMA-level fidelity, and deep crosstab tracking, you’re never guessing—you’re leading.

The Granular Gamechanger. Races Move Fast. Winners Move Faster.

In the volatile game of politics, confidence is currency. Cygnal Momentum Tracking ensures you’re never the campaign that wakes up to realize the race moved without you. With daily updates, DMA granularity, and deep demographic analysis, you see shifts in real-time and pivot with confidence while competitors are still scheduling their next poll.

Why Real-Time Intelligence Dominates Static Polling

The difference between winning and losing isn’t always who has the better strategy – it’s who adapts first when the landscape shifts. Better media buys. Sharper messaging. Smarter resource allocation. Those advantages compound. Over a 90-day campaign, the side with Momentum Tracking makes hundreds of micro-adjustments that cumulatively create an insurmountable edge.

Cygnal Momentum Comparison

Daily tracking polls must collect large samples quickly to be effective, but the traditional rolling approach does not provide the ability to see a fully representative sample of smaller subgroups. Cygnal Momentum is an award-winning improvement on these traditional tracking polls with our proprietary methodology – we run a 3-day rotating set of samples with each set specifically targeting key demographic subgroups. Using data science and statistical regression, we provide daily granular observations at the sub-demographic and geographic levels and capture more than a traditional tracking poll. Just ask Governors Kemp and Abbott how helpful this was to honing in their campaign messaging, strategy, and targeting on a daily basis across streaming, linear television, mail, doors, digital, and even earned media.

How exactly is Momentum tracking different from traditional tracking polls?

Features Cygnal Momentum Typical Tracking Polls
See daily topline movement of the race X X
See trends in large geographies X X
Drill down to any geography, like small DMAs, regardless of size X
Catch trends day-of instead of over time X
Collect more samples without raising costs X
Allow an accurate look at sub-demographic groups X

What You Get

Daily Decision Advantage
Fresh data every 24 hours means your morning strategy call is based on what's happening now, not what happened last week
Trend Line Intelligence
See not just current numbers but trajectory, so you know whether movement is a blip or the beginning of a sustained shift
Early Warning System
Detect emerging problems – message fatigue, demographic erosion, geographic weakness – while there's still time to fix them

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