Cable News Ratings for Friday, April 13, 2012

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1. usnretiredx2

   Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:02 PM

   @Grant

   “Rasmussen is a conservative poll”

   And yet they called the 2008 election for Obama almost to the precent.

2. Mark

   Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:03 PM

   Is there any polls that go by state?

   Let’s be honest here who somebody in Texas or California is going to vote for has minimal impact who wins.

   Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Iowa, Ohio, Florida, New Hamphire, North Carolina are the ones most likely to decide who wins

   You can probably add Pennsylvania(D), Wisconsin(D), Michigan(D), Minnesota(D), Arizona(R), Virigina(R), Missouri(R), Georgia(R) as states that potentially could go the either way(where they more likely to go in brackets)

3. Matthew

   Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:06 PM

   Rasmussen was the most accurate in 2008, and will likely remain one of the more accurate, because they poll likely voters, rather than just registered voters. RV can tend to overcompensate for the Democrats, because the Democratic party has been notoriously bad at actually whipping up voter enthusiasm, and it’s been that way for a couple decades. Even in 2008, if you look at Gallup voter enthusiasm polls, Democrats were only 3 points more enthusiastic for the ‘charismatic’ Obama than they were for the ‘wooden’ John Kerry; Republicans, on the other hand, were almost 20 points less enthusiastic than they were in 2004. Democrats only win national elections when Republicans f*ck up catastrophically, like Bush did, because Democrats (even now) fail to understand the so-called “Kansas mystery.”

4. suikostinger

   Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:06 PM

   Rasmuessen himself seems to lean more right than center. Just look at the 5-6 so books he wrote….

5. steve

   Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:06 PM

   Yeah but Fox also quotes their own polls….lol

6. usnretiredx2

   Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:07 PM

   @Grant

   “No news organization ever quotes rasmussen except fox news.”

   Come on, and you don’t know why? They sure all were calling up Rasmussen poll numbers in the 2008 elections

7. GRANT

   Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:12 PM

   Scott Rasmussen is a conservative, and the reason he called the election down to the percent because HE HAD TO. But this early on he is lean the polls in romney’s favor to hype support.

8. usnretiredx2

   Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:12 PM

   @Mark

   “Is there any polls that go by state?”

   Most do, when it get a little closer to Nov. They are just all getting ready to start the big show. The best ones for the State issue are the top 5 and what ever pollster is home based in that state. The do not messup polls in their home state.

9. GRANT

   Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:13 PM

   I meant to say leaning, you know what i mean.

10. usnretiredx2

    Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:15 PM

    Ok Grant, go with that.

    You bounce from pollster to pollster and I will stick with one.

11. usnretiredx2

    Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:16 PM

    I will not bust your chops for spelling. I think I am the worst one here.

    Well you all have a good night, it is bed time for bonzo.

12. steve

    Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:18 PM

    But let’s not forget that Rasmussen polls had Hermain Cain winning the GOP nomination and the Presidency at one point…lol

    Also, here’s one of my favorite clips of FOX and Rasmussen polls…they can’t even add correctly.
    http://mediamatters.org/blog/200912080051

13. Joan

    Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:19 PM

    I keep up with Rasmussen, so what if it is called conservative, they get it right, after all they are # 1 AT GETTING IT RIGHT.

14. GRANT

    Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:19 PM

    “Ann Romney has never worked a day in her life” – Hillary Rosen Is she not telling the truth?

15. Mark

    Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:20 PM

    I never get this

    http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/jan/26/blog-posting/red-state-socialism-graphic-says-gop-leaning-state/

    Why is the States that seem to vote Republican and complain how they want government out of there business, seem to benefit most from Government programs?

16. steve

    Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:27 PM

    Rasmussen poll from Sep 5th, 2008

    McCain – 48.8%

    Obama – 45.7%

    Others/Not sure – 5.5%

    Once time ran out, they had to change their tune to look good…go figure

17. GRANT

    Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:30 PM

    @Mark Because they only support government programs if they’re party is in charge, if the democrats are in charge, government programs are an abomination.

18. Matthew

    Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:33 PM

    “Once time ran out, they had to change their tune to look good…go figure”

    That’s not how polling works. Polling can certainly be skewed in certain ways, particularly by the fact that so many still get their data primarily from landlines, and by asking leading questions, but it’s not like Rasmussen is just personally pulling phony numbers out of his arse.

19. GRANT

    Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:33 PM

    People seem to keep forgetting that Hillary Rosen is a women too! is she not an american citizen?

20. Matthew

    Posted April 16, 2012 at 6:34 PM

    *^—- Clarification: I mean the fact that so many pollsters still poll over landlines skews the demographics, even if they work hard to catch a wide range of ages.