2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNew Rasmussen Reports poll: Fucking T 44 % - Clinton 39 %
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2016/white_house_watch_sep22With the first presidential debate coming on Monday, Donald Trump has moved to a five-point lead over Hillary Clinton, his biggest advantage since mid-July.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)They're gonna get Romneyed again.
niyad
(113,720 posts)writes3000
(4,734 posts)Democat
(11,617 posts)Along with concern about how "were screwed!"
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)More often than not, the glee is from low-count posters as well.
Democat
(11,617 posts)Usually not hard to guess. That means they're not doing a good job.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)They're my favorite! Hung around for a second humiliation!
Wounded Bear
(58,759 posts)and guess what the text will be.
(not aimed at you, but at the repetitious poster above you )
Demsrule86
(68,747 posts)And I notice that many of those who only post the ones in favor of Trump, never jump in to say anything when the polls show Hillary with a larger lead.
vdogg
(1,384 posts)Riiiigghht.
Monk06
(7,675 posts)earlier than everyone else so they don't look like an outlier
Rasmussen is reliably pro R as per 538
still_one
(92,488 posts)polls are not a good gauge because of the electoral college
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)their gratuitous lies are not exposed.
blm
(113,124 posts)Do people really not understand the poll game, yet?
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)They got annihilated way back in 2000 when they were "Portrait of America". Their polling was just so off they decided to start weighting results by party ID. This has caused its own set of problems.
I suspect they periodically release polls to "change the narrative", so to speak, but I can't prove it.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)would even think twice about a Rasmussen poll....it is known to be righty leaning -
538 - even with rasshit -
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/
BootinUp
(47,207 posts)Sugarcoated
(7,736 posts)Ohioblue22
(1,430 posts)Sugarcoated
(7,736 posts)don't be overly concerned.
Ohioblue22
(1,430 posts)unitedwethrive
(1,997 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Dr Hobbitstein
(6,568 posts)is noted.
Stellar
(5,644 posts)http://www.gallup.com/poll/158519/romney-obama-gallup-final-election-survey.aspx
Why Romney Never Saw It Coming
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/11/why_romney_was_surprised_to_lose_his_campaign_had_the_wrong_numbers_bad.html
Adviser: Romney "shellshocked" by loss
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/adviser-romney-shellshocked-by-loss/
The Ten Worst Predictions Of The 2012 Election
https://thinkprogress.org/the-ten-worst-predictions-of-the-2012-election-2372d11ab4b3#.gpy7e5gzc
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)DFW
(54,469 posts)But you knew that, right?
saltpoint
(50,986 posts)red polling outcome you have!"
MFM008
(19,827 posts)They and CNN do this every damn time.
She gets a bump up and the maggot suckers
drag it down with fictional polls.
Cattledog
(5,920 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)They always carry water for republicans
pnwmom
(109,021 posts)we would have to pay money to show why this R leaning poll is a pile of crap.
No thanks.
TeamPooka
(24,279 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,718 posts)Huffington Post excludes it as well as all other landline only polls because it cell phone users who comprise nearly 50% of the nation.
Bill USA
(6,436 posts)Demsrule86
(68,747 posts)Rasmussen...haha...so welcome to DU. Your concern is duly noted.
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)election. Please. Enough.