re: #444 Aceofwhat?

heh. i know where i rank in that conversation.

but IIRC, Rasmussen nails elections.

i was suckered by the same poll that Charles references. my conclusion, then, as stated above - like many other pollsters, he is accurate given the questions or samples don’t reveal obvious bias.

The interesting thing about Rasmussen was that their polling was an outlier for almost all of the election, esp in the swing states. They only hauled it into line right before the election.
Scott Rasmussen isn’t a stupid poller, — on the contrary. He’s just a highly ideologically motivated one. The whole introduction of the “presidental approval rating” business is a perfect example.

(the bit where they take the difference between the most pro and most con and trumpet that figure as if it means anything.)