

Polling ĭaily Kos had previously partnered with Research 2000 to produce polling for presidential, congressional and gubernatorial races across the country. ĭaily Kos has been classified as left-leaning and far-left. In 2019 Prism, an independent, non-profit publication focused on covering injustice from the perspective of underrepresented groups, became an affiliate publication of the Daily Kos. In an October 2018 Simmons Research survey of 38 news organizations, the Daily Kos was ranked the fifth least trusted news organization by Americans in a tie with Breitbart News, with the Palmer Report, Occupy Democrats, InfoWars and The Daily Caller being lower-ranked. In 2018, the Daily Kos launched Civiqs, a division of the blog that provides political polling data from volunteer participants. In 20, the Trump presidency brought out huge support for the blog, with more than half a million in direct donations being received from their email campaigns. The website ran on the Scoop content management system until 2011 when it moved to its own custom content management system referred to as "DK 4.0". In 2009, Time listed Daily Kos in its "Most Overrated Blogs" section due to the loss of its mission, fighting the "oppressive and war-crazed" Republican administration, during Democrat Barack Obama's presidency. In 2008, Time magazine readers named Daily Kos the second best blog. Īs of September 2014, Daily Kos has had an average weekday traffic of hundreds of thousands. ĭuring the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Daily Kos owner Kos Media LLC received $1.4 million in federally-backed small business loans from Newtek Small Business Finance as part of the Paycheck Protection Program. The Daily Kos is funded by advertising, fundraising, and donations. History ĭaily Kos was founded in May 2002 by Markos Moulitsas in Berkeley, California. ĭaily Kos was founded in 2002 by Markos Moulitsas and takes the name Kos from the last syllable of his first name, his nickname while in the military. The site publishes blog posts, polls, election and campaign fundraising data, and is considered an example of " netroots" activism.

Democratic Party and progressive liberal American politics. Daily Kos ( / k oʊ z/ KOHZ) is a group blog and internet forum focused on the U.S.
