why do you prefer rasmussen over other polls?
ken
Mwalimu Harrow, I choose to focus on daily polls, not drawn-out many-days averages, because events are quite fluid right now. Rasmussen's daily polling suits me quite well in this The Mother of All Elections. Romney has led Obama twenty times as much as Obama has led him since Rasmussen began its daily polling for the two candidates when it became evident that Romney will be the nominee for the GOP. Today's poll is as follows:"The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows Mitt Romney attracting 47% of the vote, while President Obama earns 44%. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and five percent (5%) are undecided."
------- Original Message -----From: kenneth harrowSent: 7/3/2012 10:52:02 PMSubject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - The People Are Speaking No. 1i readily admit i know nothing about the reliability of polls. that's why i listen to 538 (posted in the nytimes); it is run by nate silver, who evaluates polls, and makes his own predictions. nate is the smartest guy in town (from east lansing, michigan , natch); by the way, he has obama ahead of romney...
ken
On 7/3/12 6:42 PM, Abdul Bangura wrote:
The sample is randomly selected across the nation. Rasmussen's polls are well grounded scientifically. In fact, it is one of two polls that have consistently predicted the exact margins of victory in the last three presidential elections when checked against the actual vote counts reported by the Electoral Commission, not exit polls conducted by other media.------- Original Message -----To: USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.comCc: leonenetSent: 7/3/2012 9:30:43 AMSubject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - The People Are Speaking No. 1
--A lot depends on where the polls were taken and the socio ? economic group from which they solicited responses.
If they polled republican districts they would have a slip in ratings. The fact that a judge nominated by a die-hard
Republican, George Bush, should take an independent stance is actually positive. The ratings for the
Supreme Court should actually go up.
GE
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Supreme Court Update
Approval Ratings for Supreme Court Slip Following Health Care Ruling
Sunday, July 01, 2012
Public opinion of the Supreme Court has grown more negative since the highly publicized ruling on the president?s health care law was released. A growing number now believe that the high court is too liberal and that justices pursue their own agenda rather than acting impartially.
A week ago, 36% said the court was doing a good or an excellent job. That?s down to 33% today. However, the big change is a rise in negative perceptions. Today, 28% say the Supreme Court is doing a poor job. That?s up 11 points over the past week.
The new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, conducted on Friday and Saturday following the court ruling, finds that 56% believe justices pursue their own political agenda rather than generally remain impartial. That?s up five points from a week ago. Just half as many -- 27% -- believe the justices remain impartial. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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