Rassmussen 2012 Poll: Obama 42% - Paul 41%

[WeDidIt]

Of course, Scotty Rasmussen only has one honest poll every four years, the one right before the presidential election. It's how he fakes credibility.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2012/election_2012_barack_obama_42_ron_paul_41

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. I don't buy that this many people even know who Paul is.

Manipulation is definitely being done.

[Xipe Totec]

2. Paul who?

:evilgrin:

[tridim]

3. Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox?

Yahhh, you betcha!

[Oregone]

5. When I drive through Oregon, I see more Paul signs than Obama signs lately

Paul freaks don't take em down, even going on two years now. It gets worse in the rural areas.

[MadBadger]

18. Well I think Ron Paul Supporters were the early teabaggers

[SoxFan]

4. Well, it's hard to argue with that result

[Thrill]

6. Bullshit

I would bet 41% of this country doesn't even know who the hell Ron Paul is.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

8. I'd say 41% of Ron Paul supporters don't even know who the hell Ron Paul is.

Join the rEVOLution!

[Kdillard]

7. I am having a hard time believing the margin and all polls before 2012

Are pretty much useless.

[ClarkUSA]

9. Republican pollsters are desperately looking for MSM relevance, I see. n/t

[KingFlorez]

10. That's laughable

Ron Paul is too fringe and on top of that, his name id isn't good enough to get this close.

[WI_DEM]

11. Yeah, right. Paul won't even be his parties nominee, so there.

[scheming daemons]

12. Ron Paul wouldn't get 41% of the vote amongst his own relatives

...

[craigmatic]

13. rasmussen's house effect gives 5-7% to repubs so you have to account for that

[tallahasseedem]

14. Man, he's not even trying anymore...

this is the biggest bunch of crap.

[MadBadger]

15. I'm not even sure 41% of Americans know who Paul is.

[Politicalboi]

16. The Walrus

Was Paul. LOL!

[zulchzulu]

17. I'd love to see Ron Paul run against Barack...

Talk about a serious ass-kicking... it will never happen though. The RNC can't stand Ron Paul and will do everything they can to make him a 2% candidate.

[Teaser]

19. What this tells you about Rasmussen's likely voter model

it is heavily weighted with Teabaggers.

This is not a representative sample of any normal American electorate.

Consider this Rasmussen's admission that he lacks all credibility.

[saltpoint]

20. It's hard to imagine Ron Paul being all that marketable to U.S. voters.

The demographics of his Constituency comprise a thin slice of the chart's total pie, while Obama's represents a far larger and likely winning percentage.

And Barack Obama is one of those presidents who really likes pie. Good luck to Ron Paul getting anywhere near it.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

21. McCartney? nt

[Arkana]

22. This poll only proves that people have no fucking clue who Ron Paul is.

He's "Generic Republican" for all they know.

[Azathoth]

23. If I were a Dem strategist, I'd push this poll like mad

1) It'll drive the GOP insane by lending even more credibility to Paul and his cultists, who are already sowing grief within Teabagistan by repeatedly winning all the "conservative" strawpolls.

2) The sensationalism of the media coverage will drown out any talk of a realistic GOP candidate. The media will spend weeks talking about a race between Obama and a mythical candidate while realistic candidates like Newt and Mitt will get lost in the Paulmentum frenzy, which would be a welcome departure from the free, wall-to-wall promotion the media has been giving them lately.

3) Democrats and serious political watchers will have conclusive proof that Rasmussen is to polling as Drudge is to news reporting.

It works on all fronts.

[belpejic]

24. I second that.

Tie Paul to the teabaggers and you've got a massive win. Who deserves to be the champ of teh crazy? Sarah or Ron? See how well they poll against Barack! Get comments from Rep. Bachmann!