If banned, Rasmussen Reports would also be removed from our historical averages of polls and from our pollster ratings.
First, Rasmussen must explain the nature of its relationship with several right-leaning blogs and online media outlets, which have given us reason to doubt the ethical operation of the polling firm.
Please tell us whether questions are ever suggested to Rasmussen from these outlets, including Fox News and "Steve Bannon's War Room", where Rasmussen's head pollster regularly appears, with the promise of coverage in return for "Public" fieldwork? Do Rasmussen's pollsters work with anyone from these organizations on topics to consider polling, despite listing polls as un-sponsored or sponsored by other groups? Does the pollster have a close personal relationship with any of these figures that might cloud their judgement in the operation of a public poll?
Where do the benchmarks for your non-census weighting variables, such as political party, come from? Are they constant across surveys in a given year or month or do they change over time? If they change, what are the changes based on? Does Rasmussen Reports check its likely voter screens against any ongoing estimate of the proportion of the population belonging to a given party? and; How does Rasmussen Reports account for the biases introduced into its sample by not calling cell phones?
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