A few years ago, Rasmussen was a pretty solid pollster. Yeah, their methodology was not preferred, and they displayed a moderate GOP bias, but overall, they produced polls that were pretty close to reality, and a very slight adjustment to the left was all that was needed to close the gap. In short, they weren't very different from any other mildly partisan pollster.
But not anymore. They are way off the mark, now, and the 2018 midterms prove it. Missing the mark by nearly ten points isn't just simple bias. It's a sign of something deeply wrong with methodology. And, worst of all, they seem to refuse to recognize that something is wrong, meaning their polling in the future might go even further from reality.
But not anymore. They are way off the mark, now, and the 2018 midterms prove it. Missing the mark by nearly ten points isn't just simple bias. It's a sign of something deeply wrong with methodology. And, worst of all, they seem to refuse to recognize that something is wrong, meaning their polling in the future might go even further from reality.