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Rasmussen Poll Results vs Election Returns (State Polls)
Rasmussen Reports ^ | November 5, 2004

Posted on 11/07/2004 3:40:15 PM PST by RWR8189

November 4, 2004--The table below shows Election Day results for each state compared to the final polling results we provided to Premium Members. During the final weekend, we provided polling data for 24 states and were 24 for 24.

RR

Actual Final RR Poll
 NATIONAL Bush

51%

50%

  Kerry 48% 48%
 Florida Bush

52%

50%

  Kerry 47% 47%
 Pennsylvania Bush 49% 47%
  Kerry 51% 49%
 Ohio Bush 51% 50%
  Kerry 49% 46%
 Michigan Bush 48% 46%
  Kerry 51% 50%
 Minnesota Bush 48% 47%
  Kerry 51% 48%
 Wisconsin Bush 49% 46%
  Kerry 50% 48%
 Iowa Bush 50% 48%
  Kerry 49% 48%
 Nevada Bush 51% 49%
  Kerry 48% 47%
 New Mexico Bush 50% 50%
  Kerry 49% 46%
 New Hampshire Bush 49% 47%
  Kerry 50% 49%
 California Bush 44% 43%
  Kerry 55% 53%
 New York Bush 40% 37%
  Kerry 58% 54%
 Illinois Bush 45% 43%
  Kerry 55% 51%
 Georgia Bush 58% 54%
  Kerry 41% 39%
 New Jersey Bush 46% 41%
  Kerry 53% 53%
 North Carolina Bush 56% 53%
  Kerry 44% 43%
 Virginia Bush 54% 50%
  Kerry 45% 45%
 Missouri Bush 54% 50%
  Kerry 46% 45%
 Washington Bush 46% 44%
  Kerry 53% 53%
 Maryland Bush 43% 44%
  Kerry 56% 52%
 Colorado Bush 53% 50%
  Kerry 46% 45%
 Alabama Bush 63% 53%
  Kerry 37% 42%
 South Carolina Bush 58% 55%
  Kerry 41% 41%
 Oregon Bush 48% 46%
  Kerry 52% 53%


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bushvictory; poll; polls; rasmussen; tracking; trackingpolls
Rasmussen really proved himself as a reputable pollster this election.
1 posted on 11/07/2004 3:40:15 PM PST by RWR8189
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To: ambrose; Cableguy; Dales

ping


2 posted on 11/07/2004 3:40:30 PM PST by RWR8189 (Its Morning in America Again!)
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To: RWR8189

SurveyUSA was almost perfect! That is who I am going to depend on next election -- 2006.


3 posted on 11/07/2004 3:41:12 PM PST by BushCountry
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To: RWR8189

He was pretty close but appears to consistently understate Bush's support.


4 posted on 11/07/2004 3:42:11 PM PST by John Thornton
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To: John Thornton

I imagine early voting and absentee ballots distort polling.


5 posted on 11/07/2004 3:43:27 PM PST by dr_who_2
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To: BushCountry

That ought to take the wind out of Zogbys sails.lol


6 posted on 11/07/2004 3:43:28 PM PST by JessieHelmsJr
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To: RWR8189

Yep, he made up for 2000 and then some.


7 posted on 11/07/2004 3:43:52 PM PST by okstate (I'm John Kerry, and I approved this message... before I decided against it.)
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To: John Thornton

It's because undecideds broke for Bush, I think.


8 posted on 11/07/2004 3:44:15 PM PST by okstate (I'm John Kerry, and I approved this message... before I decided against it.)
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To: RWR8189

Where is Zoggie? Here, Zoggie, Zoggie, Zoogie. Here, Zoggie, Zoggie, Zoogie. Dang, I can't seem to locate Zoogie.


9 posted on 11/07/2004 3:44:35 PM PST by bushisdamanin04
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To: okstate

I dont even believe that.I think MSM was trying to keep it close for John Kerry.


10 posted on 11/07/2004 3:45:34 PM PST by JessieHelmsJr
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To: RWR8189

It's interesting to note that among pollsters doing more than 5 state contests... the absolute worst was... now here is a shocker...

Gallup. 50 percent of all their statewide polls picked the WRONG winner. That's worse than even ARG. Fox News also did a poor job.

SUSA, Mason-Dixon, Research 2000, Quinnipiac, and Rasmussen were the big winners this time...

Strategic Vision did average work... they missed a few states, but they were better than Zogby, Gallup, and the LATimes.


11 posted on 11/07/2004 3:50:31 PM PST by okstate (I'm John Kerry, and I approved this message... before I decided against it.)
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12 posted on 11/07/2004 3:52:30 PM PST by Aetius
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To: RWR8189
I would like to congratulate mr Rasmussen. He has redeemed himself for the 2000 race (the national poll was way off).

If I am not mistaken, I believe he used to post here, if he still lurks, I just wanted to say "You Rock!"

13 posted on 11/07/2004 3:54:16 PM PST by Paradox (Occam was probably right.)
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To: RWR8189

Which poll day did he use to compare against the actual results? Seems to me these polls were up and down from day to day.

Anyone have that answer?


14 posted on 11/07/2004 3:59:09 PM PST by BJungNan (Stop Spam - Do NOT buy from junk email.)
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To: John Thornton
"He was pretty close but appears to consistently understate Bush's support."

On the national basis, that was my impression also. Day after day, he showed kerry ahead of Bush when almost all other polls showed the reverse. I stopped even paying attention to him.

15 posted on 11/07/2004 4:05:12 PM PST by Bonaparte (twisting slowly, slowly in the wind...)
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To: JessieHelmsJr
I think MSM was trying to keep it close for John Kerry.

Exactly. Can you say "Media Conspiracy"?

16 posted on 11/07/2004 4:16:23 PM PST by Malleus Dei ("Communists are just Democrats in a hurry.")
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To: bushisdamanin04
Zoggie? He's spinning faster that a hampster in a wheel cage.

Zogby. Example: "Zogby International Made Right Calls in Battlegrounds: Accurately Called Bush Ohio Victory; Predicted Daschle Defeat; Foresaw Senate Race Outcomes"

Of course, the turkeybutt was predictiving Kerry with 311 electoral votes at 5pm Tuesday, but he removed that threa from his website.

17 posted on 11/07/2004 4:16:48 PM PST by xJones
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To: RWR8189

Those numbers are right on and unlike Zogby he did not try to influence the election.


18 posted on 11/07/2004 4:20:25 PM PST by billva
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To: JessieHelmsJr
That ought to take the wind out of Zogbys sails.lol

I don't have the best memory. Somebody remind me next election what a joke Zogby is.

19 posted on 11/07/2004 4:21:55 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Democrats strongly support voting rights for Necro-Americans)
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To: RWR8189

not bad - I haven't taken the time to compare to Zog.


20 posted on 11/07/2004 4:51:19 PM PST by rface (Ashland, Missouri - Monthly Donor / Bad Speller)
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