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Godhumor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-17-10 12:50 PM
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One of these is not like the others...
Below are the (+/-) spreads of all polls used for today's data point on RCP's graph of President Obama's Job Approval. With the names removed from each pollster's spread, can you figure out which one is Rasmussen's?

+2
+2
-13
+5
+1
+1
+7







There seems to be a disconnect somewhere...
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NRaleighLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-17-10 12:52 PM
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1. Way too easy (and way too wrong!)
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-17-10 12:57 PM
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2. ha! nt
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-17-10 12:58 PM
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3. Scotty Rasmussen produces a single accurate poll every four years
That's a feature of his polling methodology.

Oh, and that one accurate poll is the only one that doesn't matter when it comes to a narrative.
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Godhumor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-17-10 01:38 PM
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5. Or he mysteriously stops polling races two weeks before the actual vote
As has happened with quite a few primaries this year.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-17-10 01:00 PM
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4. LOL. Love your subject line...
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Godhumor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-17-10 01:40 PM
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6. I think we've gone way beyond "House Effect" with Scotty
I don't even think you can make an argument for his impartiality anymore.
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