Survey USA 50 State Senate Poll

[Sam Spade]

It's insane to look at the fact that Burns is the most disliked Senator in the country, and then to see that he's only trailing his opponents by 3 or so points.

What other polls have their been other than the often bizzare & at times very GOP leaning Rasmussen???

I've only seen Rasmussen ones, actually. But what evidence is there that they are GOP leaning? Just because Republicans aren't polling low, doesn't mean that Rasmussen is biased; it could be that people just like Republicans more than you would assume.

Rasmussen was accurate in 2004, but his 2000 results were abysmal (he had Bush winning the PV by 9).  He has had Bush several points (usually between 4-7) above the approval of pretty much every other poll for over a year.  His polls have taken some strange swings than in some states doesn't relate to any of the other polls which are out.

Rasmussen changed his methodology in Presidential polls between 2000 and 2004, going to a hard weight a la Zogby.

None of this has anything to do with his Senate/Governors polls which are totally unweighted.  Their weakness is simply the fact they are conducted within the span of one day, which should naturally lead to a greater variation in numbers.