So much to my chagrin, I see that Atlas hasn't officially banned Rasmussen polls. On that note, it doesn't seem that we ban any polls at all. In light of
Rasmussen's latest debacle, I thought it would be worth bringing this up. I do understand that, unlike 538 or RealClearPolitics, this is a forum intended for
discussion of polls rather than just averaging them - which the site does. And I wouldn't say that questionable polls should be banned from discussion altogether, but if we're going to average them, would it not be prudent to be even a bit more selective in the sources we allow into the database?
As far as I'm concerned, Rasmussen has thoroughly discredited itself by being so open about its biases and peddling of conspiracy theories, both in its surveys and its social media platform. It's not even accurate to label it as an internal Republican polling firm at this point; Scott Rasmussen is no longer involved and the company has since been completely taken over by unserious lunatics. Is there any good argument for why their polls should continue being allowed in our database, or is it just Dave's policy never to exclude polls no matter how questionable the source?
