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Begala on CNBC’s Santelli: ‘Every circus needs a clown.’
Think Progress —
... .” Unsurprisingly, by asking a loaded and misleading question, the poll found that respondents agreed with Santelli’s loaded and misleading indictment of the mortgage relief plan. (Other, fairer polls show that Americans ...
Poll: 11% of GOPers say Limbaugh is party leader
News —
... poll, it asked if respondents agree with Americans United for Change president Brad Woodhouse's statement that "Rush Limbaugh is the leader of the Republican Party. He says jump, and they say how high." Nearly three in ten of the survey's 1,000 respondents agreed with that statement while nearly six and ten disagreed. I am not entirely sure what empirical evidence that sort of question produces. And yes, I am familiar with the questions raised about Rasmussen in the liberal blogosphere . I'll reserve any judgment on that, but I did find it odd that the ...
It's all in how you word the question
Political Animal —
... , "Not surprisingly, GOP respondents don't want to admit they are the yes-man patsies of a radio loudmouth." It reinforces an observation Matt Yglesias made last week: "Rasmussen is a pretty good pollster whose results are within the range of accuracy one wants from a pollster. But polling is a crowded business. And Rasmussen doesn't also have a daily newspaper or a television network to tout his results. His business, however, requires attention. So how does he get that attention? Well in part he gets it with issue polling that, while basically methodologically sound, has ...
Polling a policy that doesn't exist
Political Animal —
... and a new global reserve currency, but Rasmussen's poll fudged the details. The pollster eventually concedes, "At issue is not replacing the money in Americans' wallets but what currency will be the world standard against which all other monies are measured." The problem, of course, is that the respondents to the Rasmussen poll weren't told about this, making the poll results measuring public opinion about proposals that don't exist rather useless. It reinforces an observation Matt Yglesias made in February: "Rasmussen is a pretty good pollster whose results are within the ...
Public Support For Health Care's Public Option
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... . But it's a poll from Rasmussen! And Rasmussen is a conservative polling company! And, indeed, it took about thirty seconds to dig up a couple of ...
