Rasmussen Polls Were Biased and Inaccurate; Quinnipiac, SurveyUSA Performed Strongly

On Tuesday, polls conducted by the firm Rasmussen Reports — which released more than 100 surveys in the final three weeks of the campaign, including some commissioned under a subsidiary on behalf of Fox News — badly missed the margin in many states, and also exhibited a considerable bias toward Republican candidates. Full Story »

Posted by Joey Baker - via FiveThirtyEight, Columbia Journalism Review, Slatest, Memeorandum, Jon Mitchell (t), Ellie Kesselman (t), Willie Bido (t), Josh_Young (t)

See All Reviews »

Review

Mike LaBonte
3.9
by Mike LaBonte - Nov. 6, 2010

Although this is single viewpoint reporting, other sources are linked.

See All Reviews »

Mike's Rating

Overall
3.9

Good
from 11 answers
Quality
4.0
Facts
5.0
Fairness
4.0
Sourcing
3.0
Style
3.0
Context
4.0
Depth
4.0
Enterprise
4.0
Relevance
4.0
Popularity
3.5
Recommendation
3.0
Credibility
4.0
More How our ratings work »