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2016 Postmortem

LAS14

(15,537 posts) Fri Sep 2, 2016, 09:06 AM Sep 2016

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Why does Rasmussen reports continue to be treated...

... like a legitimate polling operation? It is ALWAYS an outlier. And ALWAYS in the Republican direction. Anyway, during this election cycle.

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Why does Rasmussen reports continue to be treated... (Original Post) LAS14 Sep 2016 OP

Always. It was the same in '12 and '08 as well. brush Sep 2016 #1

I think it consistently assumes a larger conservative turnout Tiggeroshii Sep 2016 #2

brush

(61,033 posts)

1. Always. It was the same in '12 and '08 as well.

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Fri Sep 2, 2016, 10:24 AM

Sep 2016

They're like Bill Kristol — always wrong.

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)

2. I think it consistently assumes a larger conservative turnout

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Fri Sep 2, 2016, 12:32 PM

Sep 2016

Regardless of the likelihood. If for some reason this election gets a much higher turnout of Republicans than expected, they would be right -like they were in 2004

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