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And what is the influence polls are trying to accomplish? What was Rasmussen trying to influence when their last poll in 2012 showed Romney winning?
If they manipulated that poll for the purpose of influence, what were they trying to accomplish?
they were trying to get some people to stay home and others to vote--------are you really so naive that you had to ask that question?
Ok, so NPR, public radio, whose last poll also had Romney winning by a point, according to you then were also trying to influence the election.
So NPR and Rasmussen were both trying to influence the 2012 election in a certain direction by manipulating their polls to show Romney winning by a point.
Which direction were they both trying to influence the election?
Sorry to butt in - I know that no one was talking to me. But If I may I'd like to offer my two cents.
It appears to me that the polls that showed Romney ahead by a point, were all polls of "likely voters." That requires a bit of manipulation in that pollsters have to keep their sample demographics in line with their opinion as to what the makeup of the voting public will be.
Prior to the 2012 election Republicans were taking great issue with these likely voter models and I believe they were successful in convincing a lot of pollsters that the electorate was going to be a lot more Republican than it actually was.
Just MHO