I don’t know about any of these polls. By any company.
Rasmussen is clearly a company that leans right with t’s poling which means Rasmussen himself would probably like to see Akin out of the race so he the right wing polling company comes up with a poll that has him down 10, but the PPP aka liberal polling company has Akin up.
See my point?
I just wonder if all these people make things up and pulls numbers out of thin air and no one should pay attention to them at all.
I know Rasmussen has a great deal of respect from both sides. I do not doubt his integrity as I have no proof to the contrary. However, having said that (love that phrase) I did some Wikipedia work. He is quoted as saying he was bought up Republican, but switched to Democrat after the Nixon years. He then said he is now independent.
It stands to reason that any pollster virtually must say he/she is independent. Professional suicide could loom, if it were stated he was of the "leg tingle" variety. Again, I do not claim Rasmussen is telling a falsehood. Just that few persons can distance themselves from what they really are. Maybe he can do this, if the presidents admirer.
The sampling that has devasted Akin, covered 500 respondents. An important point has been raised here. Does this have a shelf life? Ok,here is what I am going to do. Next thursday at precisely 1:00 Est. I will visit this thread and we will see whether the MSM and their cohorts are- in the words of Shakespeare been "Full of sound and fury, signifying NOTHING!
The PPP poll had Akin up by oversampling Republicans by 9. Corrected for that bias, Akin was down 7-10% which is consistent with this new Rasmussen poll.
It's undeniable: Akin is drowning.