Today after weeks of being weary of them, I have dismissed all rasmussen polls as too conservative to even be used in compiling an Average.
The Dagger in the heart of their credability came about two weeks ago when in the same day Rassmussen Relased a Generic Ballot poll with the republicans up by 10 and the AP released one with the Democrats up by 8 (an 18 point discrepency). That same day Quinnipiac, the Most trusted name in polls put out one on the Pennsylvania senate race with Spector up by 7 over Toomey. At this time Rassmussen had pinned this race as Toomey by 9 (A 16 point Descrepency). Today Daily Kos put out a poll pinning the race at Spector by 6.
Today Yet again polls were released signaling major descrepencies of Rassmussen's Accuracy. Rassmussen has Buck leading by 6 over Benet in Colorado. PPP put out a poll with Bennet ahead by 6. Buck by 1 over Romonoff in Rassmussen, Romonoff over buck by 8 in PPP, Norton over Bennet by 9 in Rassmussen, Tied in PPP.
There has been a consistant 10-20 point decrepency between Rassmussen and where the races actually stand, Thus they should be dismissed as Partisan leaning. It is probably because durring the 2008 election they were ascosiated with Fox News, and that has caused an extreme House Effect (Which is a result of the fact that Liberals are more likely take a call from the New York Times than Fox News, Not usually the integrity of the pollster). Because of it's Conservative leanings I will no longer use them in acessing races.
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