Rasmussen's 7 point Trump lead almost evaporates

[Doodley]

Trump 43% (was 44%)
Clinton 42% (was 37%)

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2016/white_house_watch

[BobbyDrake]

1. Oh snap! Where are the concern trolls now?

Not rushing to post that info, I know that much.

[StevieM]

31. I am not a troll, I am a long-time supporter of Hillary Clinton's.

But I am terrified of a Trump victory. I have seen Republicans lie their way to victory too many times.

[BobbyDrake]

34. Considering I never mentioned you, what makes you think this comment applies to you?

Is there something about which you might have a guilty conscience?

Because unless you were someone who was posting polls showing Trump in the lead as an excuse to express So Much Concern about the election, it would not make much sense for you to assume it's about you.

I'm confused why you think my comment requires your rebuttal of an accusation that no one made.

[StevieM]

36. I don't usually post polls at all. Maybe I misunderstood what the phrase "concern troll" means.

I thought it was anyone who expresses fear that the GOP could win this election.

I didn't think you were accusing me of anything. I was just offering an explanation as to why someone might put up posts expressing worry about how the campaign is going.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Why is it even that close?

[MoonRiver]

4. Because it is Rasmussen, always biased in favor of Repukes.

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. Rasmussen or not, it shouldn't be close.

should she up by at least 15, on average.

[MoonRiver]

17. She just went up 7 points! Wait until after the Dem convention to get worried.

Edit: My bet is 3 days after our convention she WILL be 15 pts. ahead!

[Dem2]

18. Cut the crap

[TheCowsCameHome]

23. There is no "crap"

A fringe fruitcake like Trump should be miles behind.

[pnwmom]

32. He is the nominee of the other major party. He's not a fringe candidate, even if he is a fruitcake.

[stevenleser]

20. Yes it should, because Rasumussen oversamples Republicans and they do so intentionally.

They put out some garbage press release a few years back that said its controversial to structure your sample to mimic what the population is in terms of party preference and the rest. It's not controversial. Everyone else does it but Rasmussen because its the right way to get an accurate reading.

[emulatorloo]

7. Because Rassmussen is a pro Republican polling outfit w a bad track record.

They said Romney was gonna win right up to Election Day 2012

[auntpurl]

8. It's a Rasmussen poll.

A conservative outfit. Basically, if she's tied with Trump in a Rasmussen poll, she's beating Trump's ass in reality.

[NCTraveler]

9. Because we have two people running in a pretty devided country.

I'm glad people are realizing how prevalent racism, bigotry, and xenophobic thoughts are in this country.

Why was Obama McCain as close as it was?

[BainsBane]

25. Because general elections are always close

a five point lead is a blow out. Anyone who has paid any attention in previous general elections should know that.

Moreover, polls at this stage are meaningless. They won't start to be relevant until the fall. They will certainly be tight because they always are. General elections are close in the US, and have been every year since the Reagan era.

[Cali_Democrat]

33. If Rasmussen says Trump is up by one point, Hillary is up at least 7 points

Take any Rasmussen poll and add 8 points to the Dem.

[NCTraveler]

3. I wonder if we will see...

CLINTON CLOSES THE GAP AT AN AMAZING PACE!!!!!! ON HER WAY TO ROCKET PAST TRUMP!!!!! I'M NO LONGER GREATLY AMAZINGLY OVERLY PARALIZED WITH CONCERN!!!!!!!

[Doodley]

5. Let's hope Trump has already peaked!

[Her Sister]

13. hahahahahahaha! This!

[CobaltBlue]

6. Convention Months

I don’t think a convention is a good month to take national and state-after-state presidential polls seriously. Each party usually gets a convention bounce. They don’t predict the outcome for Election Day.

[thucythucy]

10. I'm not a "concern troll"

but I won't breathe easy until Hillary wins this in a thumping landslide.

What I've seen these past days scares me. The thought of a Trump presidency has me absolutely terrified.

We HAVE to win this one. The alternative is just too horrible.

[KingCharlemagne]

24. All leftists must hope for the best bbut plan for the worst. I

know I am.

[Ace Rothstein]

12. This isn't surprising.

The previous Rasmussen poll was a yuge outlier. Trump has the biggest outliers.

[auntpurl]

14. Such amazing outliers. You wouldn't believe it!

[madguy]

15. It's Part of the Game

that they play. Showing Trump up by 7 as they last did, it would be hard to add points for a "convention bounce" so they needed to get it back to nearly even. Now they can go back to 6 or 7 point Trump lead and claim it's because he got the bounce.

[riversedge]

16. and a tweet...

July 21, 2016 Hillary Clinton has rebounded into a virtual tie with Donald Trump https://shar.es/1Z1Ka7 #sheswithus #wipolitics

[Motley13]

19. I'm still scared

I have friends who I consider reasonably intelligent (not so sure of it now) who are maggot supporters.
I do send them links, mainly the maggot in his own words, I doubt it makes a difference.

I started doing it because they sent me right wing stuff that were just lies, I do send back the Snopes fact ck. But they have already sent the lie to all their friends & I doubt they pass on the fact ck.

We laughed & laughed & said the psychotic know nothing bully could not possibly be president.
Every insulting, untrue, disgusting thing he said, we kept thinking, this is it, he's finished.
Now the only thing between us & disaster is Hillary.



we need more smilies like WTF

[LynneSin]

21. WOWZA! Trump is sucking in the one poll that is meant to make Republicans look good

This is bad

[Dem2]

22. Rasmussen was trolling us before the convention

Hoping there would be a bounce.

The embarrassment of the convention scared the f*** out of them, so they corrected their sampling manipulation.

[Iliyah]

26. Yea, but R and Q will compensate by having T-rump polling in double digits

after the convention. Fake news and the rest of the corporate arse kissers will follow.

[CrowCityDem]

27. In a representative poll, Trump has never been ahead.

[onecent]

28. I think we need to see her her vice president is going to be..and from

there take it out of the park.

[RAFisher]

29. First poll taken since the RNC began. However 1/2 the poll was taken before the RNC began.

Does this mean the shit show is going to give Clinton a massive boost?

[Johnny2X2X]

30. Rasmussen is a joke

But Reuters has narrowed the other way, not is Hillary by only 5.

This is the week of the RNC, if Hillary comes out of this week up in all or all but 1 or 2 of the polls it's a huge victory. Hillary is going to get a 3-5 point bump from the DNC.

[Downtown Hound]

35. Not that I trust Rasputin for a second but...

so much for a post convention bounce!