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To: nhwingut
Methodology
Rasmussen Reports determines its partisan weighting targets through a dynamic weighting system that takes into account the state’s voting history, national trends, and recent polling in a particular state or geographic area.

I just can't seem to find where the "weighting" stats are given.
Questions - 2012 Missouri Senate - August 22, 2012

With all of the hubbub over how skewed the sampling has been (the "weighting system" mentioned above) (Romney Up One Nationally in a D+6 CBS/New York Times Sample) you would think that such information would be pretty helpful right now and easy to find.
Was there a D+11 sample in this poll like in the infamous CBS poll?
The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus four percentage points.

This poll also says...
Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
So where's the sampling stats? Or do they not matter as long as it shows Akin losing?

274 posted on 08/23/2012 9:24:58 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: philman_36

Rassmussen stands out for not having skewed weighting, and its state by state Obama/Romney polls have generally been much more favorable to Romney than others.


283 posted on 08/23/2012 9:33:13 AM PDT by Strategerist
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