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Originally Posted by skippy delepepper:

I'm sorry, I trust Rassmusin.

It's always more accurate.

50% I don't think so.

 

Skippy

Skippy, I posted a link to wiki about this some time ago. Rassmusin only polls what they term "likely voters",  while Gallup polls "adults". Rassmusin is run by a former Bush consultant and leans HEAVILY right, while Gallup leans in neither direction. Here is some of what Wiki has to say:

 

TIME has described Rasmussen Reports as a "conservative-leaning polling group".[29] According to Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin political scientist who co-developed Pollster.com,[30] “He [Rasmussen] polls less favorably for Democrats, and that’s why he’s become a lightning rod." Franklin also said: "It’s clear that his results are typically more Republican than the other person’s results.”[31]

The Center For Public Integrity has claimed that Scott Rasmussen was a paid consultant for the 2004 George W. Bush campaign.[32] The Washington Post reported "... the Bush reelection campaign used a feature on his site that allowed customers to program their own polls. Rasmussen asserted that he never wrote any of the questions or assisted Republicans in any way..." The do-it-yourself polling service is used by Democrats as well as Republicans today through a company that licenses Rasmussen’s methodology.

Rasmussen has received criticism over the wording in its polls.[33][34] Asking a polling question with different wording can affect the results of the poll;[35] the commentators in question allege that the questions Rasmussen ask in polls are skewed in order to favor a specific response. For instance, when Rasmussen polled whether Republican voters thought Rush Limbaugh was the leader of their party, the specific question they asked was: "Agree or Disagree: 'Rush Limbaugh is the leader of the Republican Party -- he says jump and they say how high.'"[34]


 

Here is Rassmusin's "daily approval chart":

http://www.rasmussenreports.co...ential_tracking_poll

And here is Gallup's:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/113...ma-job-approval.aspx

I would trust the one conducted by someone who was never a paid advisor to any Republican OR Democrat.
I would trust the one who asks all adults vs. what they deem "likely votors.
I would trust the one who asks straightforward questions, rather than leading questions.

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