[FlipWilson]

RCP was useful when it first launched. Then the Dems figured out how to game it by abysmally skewing onenor two polls that RCP uses for its average thus ensuring that the average would be crap as well.

[j.havenfarm]

I don’t know if it’s gamed or not, but the average is a lagging indicator but definition

[SmokingJoe]

Pretty much. For example while Rasmussen had the generic congressional all tied during the Kavanaugh hearings, CNN deliberately came up with a fake poll with the Dems up by 13% right after that, to make sure the RCP average stayed strongly in the Dems favor.