Rasmussen's polls were the
least accurate of the major pollsters in 2010, having an average error of 5.8 points and a pro-Republican bias of 3.9 points.
The Center For Public Integrity has claimed that Scott Rasmussen was a
paid consultant for the 2004 George W. Bush campaign.
TIME has described Rasmussen Reports as a
"conservative-leaning polling group". According to Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin political scientist who co-developed Pollster.com, “He
[Rasmussen] polls less favorably for Democrats, and that’s why he’s become a lightning rod." Franklin also said: "It’s clear that
his results are typically more Republican than the other person’s results.”
Rasmussen has received criticism over the wording in its polls. Asking a polling question with different wording can affect the results of the poll; the commentators in question allege that the
questions Rasmussen ask in polls are skewed in order to favor a specific response. For instance, when Rasmussen polled whether Republican voters thought Rush Limbaugh was the leader of their party, the specific question they asked was: "Agree or Disagree: 'Rush Limbaugh is the leader of the Republican Party -- he says jump and they say how high.'"
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