He calls families of registered voters, but it is highly likely that someone's teenage son or daughter actually answers the survey. IOW, who knows?? Ras certainly doesn't!
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The automated Prez poll I answered this summer sure didn't care who was at the other end! And the strange thing is, it came in on our phone here in Washington state, where we are not registered to vote! We vote in Arizona and are registered as Republicans there. They did not know ANYTHING about the household they were calling it seems.
This is a very good point... since Rasmussen is fully automated, he can't tell who is actually answering the poll. So here's a question: Who is most likely to pick up a ringing telephone in your house? My answer, in order of likelihood are:
1. My teenaged daughter
2. My wife
3. My 5-year old daughter
4. I just let it ring and let the answering machine get it
5. Me
Since other polls show Kerry ahead amongst Women and 18-22 year olds, there's a good likelihood that his polls are oversampling these demographics.