Rasmussen goes off the deep end

[marmar]

This is a bit much, even for them.



Friday, October 29, 2010


New polling in Massachusetts moves that state's gubernatorial race from Leans Democrat to Toss-Up in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Gubernatorial Scorecard.

New polling in California also moves that state's gubernatorial race from Leans Democrat to Toss-Up.:rofl: :freak:

Voters will elect governors in 37 states this November. Nineteen of those governorships are now held by Democrats, while Republicans sit in the governor’s chair in 18 of the states.

The Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Gubernatorial Scorecard shows Democrats solidly ahead in three states, with one more leaning their way. Republicans are running strongly in 18 states, and four more are leaning GOP. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_governor_elections/election_2010_gubernatorial_scorecard

[emulatorloo]

1. Poor Rasmussen has been "Meg-matized" I guess? n/t

[the redcoat]

2. I guess we know where some of Whitman's $141 mil went! nt

[icnorth]

14. Megs money meter just keeps clicking...

http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/10/22/2127570/meg-whitmans-spending-hits-163.html

[stopbush]

3. So, Whitman has erased a 10-point deficit in one day to make the CA race a toss-up?

How much did that cost...and did Rasmussen already deposit the check?

:sarcasm:

[marmar]

4. 13 or 14 point deficits in some polls.

nt

[Mass]

5. Definitively. However, this will keep Democrats awake, which is a good thing.

This are realclearpolitics.com polling data from MA and CA. They are a RW leaning blog, but very fair when it comes to reporting polling. Patrick has been ahead for one year and a half. Brown has taken the lead in September. So, both are stupid.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/governor/ma/massachusetts_governor_baker_vs_patrick_vs_cahill-1154.html

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/governor/ca/california_governor_whitman_vs_brown-1113.html#polls

[joeybee12]

6. The top of the screen has a testimonial from Dick Morris...

need we say more?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. suck on this, dick.

[tritsofme]

8. Get your laughs in. Rasmussen's final polls have been very accurate in the past.

These two polls you sneer at seem pretty reasonable to me. Do you think Whitman will get less than 45% of the vote? This poll still shows that Brown is in a position to win. And, gee, I can't imagine a Republican would have any chance in Massachusetts....

[marmar]

9. Every recent poll shows Brown with at least a 10 percentage point lead.....

...... You and the people at Rasmussen must be hitting the same pipe.

[tritsofme]

12. I see two recent polls with 10+% lead for Brown.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/governor/ca/california_governor_whitman_vs_brown-1113.html

Brown at +4 puts this poll within the MoE of most of the other polls out there right now, which is Brown at about +8.

At 49-45, split the undecideds between them and you have Brown winning at 52-48, that sounds about right to me.

[eleny]

11. Brown's methods are nowhere near those of that Mass. candidate

He's been going at it non stop whereas the Mass. candidate for the Senate actually went on vacation during the campaign. And that Mass. election was a huge wake up call to Dems all over the country. Brown isn't take anything for granted in his bid for governor.

[Mass]

15. the OP is talking about Deval Patrick, who by the way will win, if voters remember to go and vote.

Nothing to do with the Senate race, that, BTW, Rasmussen latest poll called for Coakley.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/massachusetts/election_2010_massachusetts_special_senate_election

As for Rasmussen, they are like every single other pollsters. They win some and lose some. But it is clear that their ideology tends to skew to the right.

[gratuitous]

10. Rasmussen is about as useful as any useless thing you can name

It has been months, but they are still oversampling Republicans by anywhere from 5-10%, and their numbers are skewed because of it. While Rasmussen is useless as far as discerning trends or predicting outcomes, they get commissioned to conduct polls by folks interested in presenting their skewed results. As long as they have paying customers, Rasmussen will stay in business. The real fault for these ersatz polls lies with the propagandists who hire Rasmussen, knowing full well what they're getting, but willing to publicize it as a fair sampling of public opinion.

[AndyTiedye]

13. More Ass Muffin's from Rasmussen