Rasmussen poll in Illinois excludes Rich Whitney, but third parties still poll well
From Ross Levin at Independent Political Report:
Even though Green Party candidate for governor Rich Whitney got over 10 percent of the vote in the 2006 gubernatorial race, for some reason Rasmussen has left him – and other third party candidates – out of a recently released poll. Still, without any third party candidate mentioned by name, the “other” category was chosen by six percent of voters. Neither major party candidate had an outright majority. Rasmussen has repeatedly done the same thing in the Massachusetts gubernatorial race, as well, leaving Green-Rainbow Party candidate Jill Stein out of their polls.
Rasmussen’s right-wing bias is clear when you consider that a Rasmussen poll asked voters whether they support a hypothetical Tea Party, yet Rasmussen polls systematically exclude candidates of the Green Party, an actual party.
Rasmussen polls are also used by the Commission on Presidential Debates, the private corporation controlled by Democratic and Republican party insiders to keep independents and third parties out of the debates. They use polls that exclude Greens to justify excluding Greens from the debates.
Email Rasmussen at info@rasmussenreports.com and tell them to stop this.
Hey Dave, inspired by your recent post on the third party “media blackout” I’ve actually already written up an email to send to Rasmussen, if anyone wants to cut and paste, and am trying to spread the word. Here’s the link with the text.
They did the same thing in the Massachusetts when they excluded Joe Kennedy from the polls as well.
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Thanks Ross, d.eris and TPR. Let’s keep gathering information about Rasmussen’s biased polling and thinking of ways to take action.