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'''RealClearPolitics''' ('''RCP''') is a [[Political journalism|political news]] site and [[Polling aggregator|polling data aggregator]] formed in 2000 by former [[option (finance)|options]] [[trader (finance)|trader]] [[John McIntyre (publisher)|John McIntyre]] and former [[advertising agency]] [[account executive]] Tom Bevan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/|title=Polling Averages| publisher=RealClearPolitics|date= April 21, 2008| accessdate=2008-04-21}}</ref><ref name="D'Agostino">{{cite journal | title=Conservative Spotlight: Real Clear Politics | date=31 March 2003 | author=D'Agostino, Joseph A. | journal=[[Human Events]] | volume=59 | issue=11 | page=16}}</ref><ref name="Zorn 2004">{{cite journal|author=Zorn, Eric|authorlink=Eric Zorn|date=October 26, 2004|title=Political site polls well with election junkies|url=http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2006/04/good_riddance_t.html|journal=[[Chicago Tribune]]|page=Metro, 1}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018}}<!-- Not dead, but link goes to an not-secure webpage warning --></ref><ref name="Wolinsky 2006">{{cite journal|author=Wolinsky, Howard|date=September 18, 2006|title=Politicking pays off: Web site a must-read for political fanatics|journal=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|page=55}}</ref> The site features selected political news stories and op-eds from various news publications in addition to commentary from its own contributors
The site publishes aggregation of polling data during election seasons.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/19/nation/na-indiana19|title=Candidates come courting the Hoosiers|last=Jones|first=Tim|date=2008-10-19|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2017-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/archive/news/obamas-surge-swamps-hillary/news-story/0e738c0058389832c1184603610ab84a|title=Obama's surge swamps Hillary|date=2008-02-10|access-date=2017-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/us-election/obama-cuts-into-clintons-pennsylvania-majority/2008/04/09/1207420422477.html|title=Obama cuts into Clinton's majority – US Election – smh.com.au|website=www.smh.com.au|language=en|access-date=2017-01-22}}</ref>
== Origin and philosophy ==
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The web site was founded in 2000 by McIntyre, a former [[trader (finance)|trader]] at the [[Chicago Board Options Exchange]], and Bevan, a former [[advertising agency]] [[account executive]].<ref name="Zorn 2004" /> McIntyre explained "it really wasn't any more complicated than there should be a place online that pulled together all this quality information".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/articles/business/small-business-entrepreneurs/2007/12/12/politics-junkies-spawn-a-real-clear-success.html|title=Political Junkies Spawn a Real, Clear Success|publisher=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|date=December 12, 2007|first=Liz|last=Wolgemuth|accessdate=2008-04-07}}</ref> They call what they do "intelligent aggregation."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/technology_internetcritic/2008/02/real-clear-poli.html|title=Real Clear Politics Real Clear on its Growth, Mission|publisher=The Chicago Tribune|date=February 7, 2008|first=|last=|accessdate=2008-04-07}}</ref> 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 two-dozen employees overseeing the company's mainstay, RealClearPolitics, as well as ten smaller sites.
In a 2001 article for ''[[Princeton Alumni Weekly]]'', which noted that "The articles selected invariably demonstrate McIntyre and Bevan's political bent, about which they are unabashedly forthcoming." McIntyre said, "I'm not really a die-hard Republican because my interests are less on social issues, more on taxing and spending... But I definitely don't want the government telling me what to do with my property... Nevertheless, any political junkie—even a liberal—would enjoy our site because the topics we choose are current."<ref name="princeton">Rob MacKay, [https://www.princeton.edu/paw/web_exclusives/more/more_20.html "Political junkies create Web site for opinion and analysis"], June 6, 2001 ''Princeton Alumni Weekly''. Princeton</ref>
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An October 2019 article in ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' reported that Real Clear Media manages a [[Facebook]] page of "far-right memes and Islamophobic smears." Anand Ramanujan, Chief Technology Officer for Real Clear Media, responded that the company created the website that was affiliated with the Facebook page "as part of an effort to understand the flow of traffic from social media—particularly Facebook—to political websites."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/realclear-media-has-a-secret-facebook-page-filled-with-far-right-memes|title=RealClear Media Has a Secret Facebook Page to Push Far-Right Memes|last1=Poulse|first1=Kevin|last2=Maxwell|first2=Tani|date=October 8, 2019|access-date=October 8, 2019}}</ref>
== Ownership ==
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