Rasmussen: McCain and Clinton are Neck-and-Neck

Very interesting...

Who'd they poll, the residents of the Arizona Home for the Mentally Feeble? McCain's support among Republicans is measured by the phone booth, but he suddenly jumps to 43% among the general population? I hold no brief for Clinton, but these numbers don't pass the sniff test.

besides they have the grand total average.

Clinton 48
rudi 41

Obama 44
rudi 42


They add all the different polls and take the averages. So if there are so many polls and you pick and choose the one your candidate is the best in, this shows that there isn't as much neck and neck as you would like us to believe.

TO GET THE CORRECT SCORES IT SEEMS LIKE CLEAR POLITICS WITH IT'S ADDING ALL THE POLLS TOGETHER AND THEN GETTING THE AVERAGE SEEMS LIKE THE MOST CORRECT. Wouldn't you say. Guess not Hillary haters only pick the polls where she is not as far ahead.

In any case, I am sure both campaigns are taking notice.

Check out this article

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/2008_democratic_presidential_primary

But maybe you can ride in his van...

McCain is waaaay back from Guiliani and Romney yet he polls virtually the same in a matchup against the Democratic candidates. It would be nice if our party could be that cohesive, especially since all of our candidates are good candidates.

That is how they are going to stage this dog and pony show. McCain is the anointed republicon successor of the evil twins bu$h/cheney. He has kissed their ass for the last 6 1/2 years and the payoff will be the nomination at the 08 republicon convention. Senator Craig will not be the only one getting screwed in Minneapolis.

I have suspected them to pull some stunt with McCain while everyone was predicting his demise and he kept right on campaigning when there was no money. Just more dirty tricks from the republican criminals in control of this nation.

McCain thinks Iraq is going fantabulously, while Clinton has been criticizing the war. At first, I was going to say that those who vote for McCain in the general election only are smoking something, but maybe we are missing something about Clinton?

Regardless, I would vote for Clinton's dirty underwear for president before McCain.

At one point McCain was ahead of Clinton but now she's ahead by 4.6%.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_clinton-224.html

If McCain ever had a snowball's chance of getting the GOP nomination he threw that away by supporting Junior's immigration reform bill. Another Rasmussen poll indicates that he would not even be re-elected to the Senate if that election were held today. He's toast.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/arizona_2008_presidential_election

that would vote McCain before Clinton.

up the seniors and a gigantic chunk of female voters

I don't know if the Pubs will be able to resist the Hair of Mitt at the end of the day. On substance, McCain with his record on campaign finance could attack Clinton as a big money Washington insider and get away with it. His unfavorables are unusually low (in the low 30's) for a guy who has been around as long as he has. But he is the living definition of pale and pasty on camera for a good reason: he's 70 freaking years old. Age proves fatal to us all at the end of the day...

"among people who actually respond to automated telephone calls..."

From the Rasmussen web page, "About Us", "Methodology":



Rasmussen Reports collects data for its survey research using an automated polling methodology. Scott Rasmussen is a recognized pioneer in this field and has conducted automated surveys involving more than 4 million completed interviews since 1996. He has conducted more macro-sample studies than any other individual or company.

Generally speaking, the automated survey process is identical to that of traditional, operator-assisted research firms such as Gallup, Harris, and Roper. However, we use a single, digitally-recorded, voice to conduct the interview while traditional firms rely on phone banks, boiler rooms, and operator-assisted technology.

For tracking surveys such as the Rasmussen Index, the automated technology insures that every respondent hears exactly the same question, from the exact same voice, asked with the exact same inflection every single time. A person taking our survey tonight will hear the exact same thing that another respondent heard when we began this project in October 2001.
Survey Design

The first step in any survey project is to design the study. For the Rasmussen Index survey, we have a standard bank of questions that are asked each night. Most automated surveys involve 10 to 20 questions.

Following survey design, the Rasmussen Reports' questions are digitally recorded and fed to a calling program that determines question order, branching options, and other factors. Calls are placed to randomly-selected phone numbers through a process that insures appropriate geographic representation. We can ask open-ended questions and later transcribe the recorded responses if a project requires it. We rarely do so.

Survey questions to be asked on a given night can be submitted as late as mid-afternoon on the day of the survey. Typically, calls are placed from 5 pm to 9 pm local time during the week. Saturday calls are made from 11 am to 6 pm local time and Sunday calls from 1 pm to 9 pm local time.

After the calls are completed, the raw data is processed through a weighting program to insure that the sample reflects the overall population in terms of age, race, gender, political party, and other factors.