“Most Republicans want Trump as the GOP’s leader but are divided about whether he’d help them retake the White House,” explains the headline of a CNN report about a poll it recently published.
Since 'most Republicans' is trending on Twitter, can anyone find the party weighting in this thing?
How many Republicans vs how many Democrats & Independents are in this month-long sample? Anyone?https://t.co/vIopwWeZEL https://t.co/sytXd28U2L
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) September 12, 2021
Rasmussen Reports finds the party affiliation sampling in the poll published by CNN to be divergent from the 2020 exit polls by more than a few percentage points.
Found it: "Among the entire sample, 35% described themselves as Democrats, 29% described themselves as Republicans, and 36% described themselves as independents or members of another party."
CNN's 2020 election exit poll found Dems 37%, GOP 36% & Unaffiliated at 27%.
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) September 12, 2021
Knowingly deceptive is how Rasmussen Reports describes it.
Polling 101: Using an All Adults screen when reporting on what 'most Republicans,' think is deceptive. @CNN knows it. Our All Adults screen is D+7, but since All Adults DON'T VOTE we use a voters based screen for political questions. It's D+2, very close to the D+1 2020 exits … https://t.co/Fb2ui6knji pic.twitter.com/466Ci9RKeJ
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) September 12, 2021
The list of reasons for not trusting polls is continually growing, as is the list of reasons for not trusting CNN.
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