Yep -- sorry for whitesplaining. Of course Rasmussen polls are generally biased / racist. A Black person would know this anyhow, since recognizing racism is a matter of survival. I mostly wrote this reply for the general audience. Too many people don't know about the wonky stuff that can make a poll bogus, so they take polls at face value and wind up with poop on their shoes.

I teach basic statistics at a local community college and there's a unit on looking at polls and deciding whether or not the poll is valid. Loaded / ambiguous questions, invalid sampling methods, inappropriate math used to process the data, and biased reporting of the results all can amount to garbage in - garbage out. Many students are surprised to learn that poll reports should not be taken at face value. Cue face-palm.

In fact, many Rasmussen polls would make for good case studies in bad polling. Visiting their website, one can see that they often use loaded and / or ambiguous questions and invalid sampling methods. They're probably also using sloppy math to process their data, as this is common in biased polling agencies. And their gee-whiz reports often look like something from a supermarket tabloid or "scandal rag" like my grandmother used to say.

Again, sorry for whitesplaining. Maybe I ought to write a stand-alone article on recognizing bogus polls. Thanks for reading and responding and thanks for the claps.