Refuting the Wingnuts' Rasmussen references...

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... not that anyone on this board has not been either factually or, at least, intuitively aware of this dynamic, but here's a definitive link when engaging any of the troglodytes who reference Rasmussen. Rasmussen = worthless.

29 Dec 2009 03:02 pm
Rasmussen vs The Rest
"I keep seeing Rasmussen polls cited in the usual Republican outlets. Maybe their selection bias really does represent the people likely to show up in next November's mid-terms better than other polls. But the discrepancy between their findings and everyone else's seems to be widening, as the GOP keeps up its campaign to bring down this presidency. Here's Rasmussen's Obama approval chart in the last half of 2009.."

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/12/rasmussen-vs-the-rest.html