Major Conservative Poll Cited by Media Secretly Worked With Trump Team
newrepublic.com
Leaked emails reveal the truth about Rasmussen Reports—and the way the Trump campaign is breaking election law.
  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    2·
    1 hour ago

    Rasmussen has long been criticized for its polling, which focuses on “likely voters,” and for skewing toward older Americans and providing favorable results to conservatives. During the Trump administration, its website became overtly supportive of the right wing, with many of its polls sponsored by conservative personalities and causes. On social media, Rasmussen appeared to legitimize many conspiracy theories on the right, such as election fraud and vaccine denialism.

    Yank their non-profit status.

    • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
      12·
      9 hours ago

      And I still see people dooming about Rasmussen polls despite the fact that they’ve been booted from most polling agragates a while ago because of their terrible methodology and terrible transparency

      • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
        81·
        8 hours ago

        I fully support whatever media outlet wants to boost flawed polls to drive clicks or engagement or whatever bullshit KPIs they use for money. I want Democrats (justifiably) terrified that Trump will win. I want people voting like their lives, their freedoms depend on it, because they do. I want to win the Senate and the House and every Governor’s race because people everywhere showed up to say we’re not going back. I want every attempt at electoral malfeasance to be so obvious that everyone involved is immediately convicted.

        And if a bullshit propaganda poll gets the job done, then we can laugh about how biased and wrong Rasmussen was after the election.

        • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
          6·
          6 hours ago

          I’m not so sure it necessarily does that. I think sometimes people dooming about polls makes them think “what’s the point” and demotivates action

          Certainly complacency is bad too though of course