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Ramussen's junk polls distort House outlook
Rasmussen's polls have come under increasing scruitny and criticism lately. When it comes to polling on the national congressional ballot, however, there's really nothing to discuss. Over a period of more than a year, the trend of Rasmussen's polls bears only a weak relationship to that of other pollster. There are some vague similarities, to be sure, but Rasmussen shows a clear, simple narrative of Democrats going from popular to unpopular, with a very modest reversal of late, with Republicans in virtual mirror image, while other pollsters show a much more nuanced picture, sometimes even showing both parties moving together, and with Democrats only briefly falling below Republicans in March and April.
In short, Rasmussen's polls are not just biased by a few points in the Republican direction, as are its polls of Obama's approval rating (shown for comparison below), they reflects a strikingly different multi-month narrative, which is easily shown using Pollster.com's ability to filter pollsters.
Here's what Rasmussen's polls look like for the congressional ballot:
And here's what everyone else's polls look like:
