At the time of my writing, Rasmussen polls compared to actual poll results:
1. Colorado
- Rasmussen: Romney +3
- Actual result: Obama +4
- Total: 7 point Republican skew
2. Florida
- Rasmussen: Romney +2
- Actual result: Obama +1
- Total: 3 point Republican skew
3. Iowa:
- Rasmussen: Romney +1
- Actual result: Obama +6
- Total:7 point Republican skew
4. Michigan
- Rasmussen: Obama +5
- Actual result: Obama +8
- Total:3 point Republican skew
5. Nevada
- Rasmussen: Obama +2
- Actual result: Obama +6
- Total:4 point Republican skew
6. New Hampshire
- Rasmussen: Obama +2
- Actual result: Obama +5
- Total:3 point Republican skew
7. North Carolina
- Rasmussen: Romney +6
- Actual result: Romney +3
- Total:3 point Republican skew
8. Ohio
- Rasmussen: Tie
- Actual result: Obama +2
- 2 point Republican skew
9. Pennsylvania
- Rasmussen: Obama +5
- Actual result: Obama +5
- Total: No skew
10. Virginia
- Rasmussen: Romney +2
- Actual result: Obama +3
- Total:5 point Republican skew
11. Wisconsin
- Ramussen: Tie
- Actual Result: Obama +6
- Total:6 point Republican skew (margin of error +/- 4 %)
10 of 11 polls show a Republican skew of poll results, many of which are outside their own margin of error. My opinion: This is absolutely NOT a mathematical coincidence, especially considering that the same thing happened in the 2010 elections.
Look, this stuff is not doing the Republican party any favors. IF you guys want to be taken seriously, then your political brand representatives need to start acting like adults.
I'm going to be straight with everyone; the only reasons a polling company would conceivably do this, in my understanding, is improve Republican party morale and in exchange for money.
That's right, I'm directly accusing Rasmussen reports of ginning up their numbers in order to get lucrative polling contracts from political and media organizations with an interest in fake poll numbers that favor republican candidates.
This article has two components: the actual errors of the polls which show egregious bias towards Republican candidates on behalf of Rasmussen polls and my interpretation and opinion of those ridiculous errors.
If, and this is a BIG IF, this is just some sort of odd coincidence two years in a row, then at the very least Rasmussen reports is THE ALL-TIME WORST NATIONAL POLLING COMPANY in America.
My money, however, is that the purpose of the company is not polling at all but rather the business of FAKE POLLS in return for money and power from the GOP.
On a side note: Seriously, wake up REPUBLICANS. You need to clean your house up if you want to be taken seriously again. Get leaders who don't treat you like a bunch of idiots. Seriously, aren't you tired of your own leadership insulting your intelligence year after year? As a Democrat, I expect them to insult my values, but as a Republican, you should be PISSED OFF at your own party for treating you like you need to be lied to just to get your vote.
