Republican Pollster Rasmussen Shows Trump Cratering

[SouthernCal_Dem]

SHOCK POLL: Trump Craters in Rasmussen Poll as Biden Gains 7 Point Swing in One Week

By Charlie Nash
Sep 30th, 2020

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden gained eight points in just one week according to the latest weekly Rasmussen poll.

Up eight points, Biden now sits at 51 percent, while President Donald Trump sits at just 43 percent.

The poll does not include responses to Tuesday evening’s first presidential debate.

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According to Rasmussen, the latest poll also “finds Trump with 79% support among Republicans,” while “Biden has 84% of the Democrat vote and has reclaimed the lead among voters not affiliated with either major party.”

Rasmussen, a Republican-tilted pollster, is one of Trump’s favorites.

More:

https://www.mediaite.com/election-2020/shock-poll-trump-craters-in-rasmussen-poll-as-biden-gains-7-point-swing-in-one-week/

[AnotherMother4Peace]

1. But but but, donald's got those 200 proud boys that showed up in that Oregon rally

where they were expecting "thousands". Of course this is sarcasm, but those few are heavily armed, heavily into the cult, and are ready for his "call to action".

[Skraxx]

2. Let the cratering begin...

[gristy]

3. Odd - Biden has been up 8 points since the middle of June.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/national/

[SouthernCal_Dem]

5. The article is referencing a single poll

Your link is the average of many polls.

[stopdiggin]

4. a poll that had the race dead even last week?

that would have to be kind of an outlier? ----- -----
(and, in that context, -- have no idea what a 7 point swing means. I mean -- good news, but .. ?)

[gristy]

6. Yes, an outlier. For weeks everyone else has been showing Biden up 7-12pts

and Rasmussen a week ago was just +1 and the week before that showed them as even.
Their LV sample size is large (2500-3000) but Silver ranks them low, at C+.

If I was a cynic, I'd say that Rasmussen read the tea leaves and decided they needed to do something to get in line with what everyone else was showing.