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Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-Large
Updated 12:12 PM ET, Mon April 17, 2017
... There are .. reasons to be skeptical about .. Rasmussen ...
* Rasmussen surveys "likely voters" in their daily approval polls ... The problem .. is that we have no real idea of how Rasmussen decides who a "likely voter" is ...
* Rasmussen used an automated voice (as opposed to a real, live person) to conduct their polls. They are, therefore, barred by law from contacting people on cell phones. People who only use cell phones tend to be younger and more diverse than those who have landlines. And younger, more diverse voters have heavily favored Democrats in recent elections.
* Rasmussen doesn't disclose how they conduct the telephone portion of their surveys. (They also do an online poll as a supplement to their phone results, which is a whole other problem.) Most pollsters use a technique called random digit dialing, which is exactly what it sounds like, to build a representative sample. Others -- particularly partisan pollsters -- poll off a privately maintained voter file ... Which one does Rasmussen use? We don't know if they use either -- or some other way to develop a random sample of the public -- because they don't release details on how they do it ...
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/17/politics/trump-approval-rating-rasmussen/
samnsara
(17,622 posts)LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)'nuff said.
shraby
(21,946 posts)vi5
(13,305 posts)Unfortunately many Democrats have been beaten into having a pavlovian response of clapping and "supporting the president" once the bombs are dropping (something that no Republicans seem to feel compelled to do) so it wouldn't surprise me if we see some of that. Which is exactly what Trump and his cronies are hoping for and counting on. I'm convinced it was this same thinking (er...I mean brainwashing) that led to Bush getting re-elected in 2004.
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)They attribute any shortcoming to the evil Hillary and Obama shadow government. Also, another excuse is that we aren't giving Donnie enough time. He's just getting started and will MAGA and win soon. However, I doubt that 50% of all Americans approve of Donnie.
Kilgore
(1,733 posts)The latest craze is flying a TRUMP MAGA flag in your yard.
LOL Lib
(1,462 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)It in not clear how they compiled their phone,both landline and cell,with their on line methodology. Online polling is not a real honest survey. After all the Hacking that has and is still happening as well as paid bloggers,these results are suspect at best.