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speak easy

(9,164 posts)
Mon Mar 22, 2021, 08:42 PM Mar 2021

Did you know that Trump was more popular when he left office

than Joe Biden is today?

Yep. Rasmussen Reports says so.

Trump Approval +3 (51/48) 19-Jan-21
Biden Approval  +0 (49/49) 21-Mar-21

https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/trump_approval_index_history
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/prez_track_mar22

I called out 538 today for including Rasmussen in their poll averages.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215255809

538 presents its adjusted weighted average of polls as an indication of how the president's approval is tracking over time. It appears on the front page, and it is corrupt - corrupted by the efforts of Rasmussen Reports.

There is no place for propaganda outfit amongst serious pollsters, let alone on the most cited site on the net.

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Did you know that Trump was more popular when he left office (Original Post) speak easy Mar 2021 OP
Dump was never above 50% and Biden is at 60%. louis-t Mar 2021 #1
UNLESS you are Rasmussen Reports . speak easy Mar 2021 #4
I'm done with any of the aggregators posting rAssMussen shit uponit7771 Mar 2021 #2
Rasmussen is rubbish. -misanthroptimist Mar 2021 #3
Trumps last day - reputable polls had Dumbf's approval crashing through the floor speak easy Mar 2021 #5
Didn't you post this the other day? Kingofalldems Mar 2021 #6
No. speak easy Mar 2021 #7

-misanthroptimist

(797 posts)
3. Rasmussen is rubbish.
Mon Mar 22, 2021, 09:15 PM
Mar 2021

I agree that it shouldn't be included in any poll aggregations. It is almost always far out of step with other polling results...and out of step with reality.

speak easy

(9,164 posts)
5. Trumps last day - reputable polls had Dumbf's approval crashing through the floor
Mon Mar 22, 2021, 09:30 PM
Mar 2021

-his worst numbers since Charlottesville and the Federal Government Shutdown

Rasmussen - Rasmussen Reports had him leaving at an all time high.

'Out of step' does not cover it. The appropriate word is lies.

speak easy

(9,164 posts)
7. No.
Mon Mar 22, 2021, 09:48 PM
Mar 2021

I posted this today
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215255809
and referred to it in the OP

And this earlier on
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215245871

both were focussed on Rasmussen polls with Biden's approval falling when the ARP was passed and people got their checks.

This one, that Dumbf was more popular at the death, than Biden is today, is reductio ad absurdum.

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