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2016 Postmortem

cleduc

(653 posts)

5. As with all other things GOP, it's about money

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Original post)

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 10:27 AM

Aug 2012

The GOP pollsters (and it's not just Rasmussen - for example: FOX, Purple Strategies, We Ask America, etc) have to keep it close. Otherwise, the money dries up. Using multiple GOP biased pollsters is important because the different pollsters each get to put their finger on the scale to offset the unbiased results in polls-of-polls and keep it close.

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New Ras poll (according to Talking Point Memo's Poll Watcher) FWIW: [View all] Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2012 OP

Let Rasmussen disqualify himself for subsequent elections Marzupialis Aug 2012 #1

Delusions brush Aug 2012 #2

It's going to get a lot worse fredamae Aug 2012 #3

Why the Fuck you have Ras Polling on your IPHONE anyway do yourself a favor bigdarryl Aug 2012 #4

I don't have Ras polling on my phone Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2012 #6

As with all other things GOP, it's about money cleduc Aug 2012 #5

He just tries to set a narrative so Fox has something positive to say about Romney. MidwestTransplant Aug 2012 #7

It may have been a response to the devatating Reuters/Ipsos poll Marzupialis Aug 2012 #8

IOW Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2012 #9

How is this not proof that this guy is biased as shit? Arkana Aug 2012 #10

We can watch them boomerang back to us in October. sofa king Aug 2012 #11

Isn't Rasmussen a Rightwing Outfit? Canadian 2 Aug 2012 #12

Actually Ras's final 08 poll had it pretty close to what it was... WI_DEM Aug 2012 #15

Absolute corporate push poll horseshit. Obama is ahead in all other polls. PISS on THIS. RBInMaine Aug 2012 #13

Who cares? Ras is always out of the mainstream until a month before the election WI_DEM Aug 2012 #14