Posted by
Defend America on Friday, October 30, 2009 12:15:54 PM
Last week I argued
that question wording might be influencing polling outcomes on the
public option - generally skewing the results closer to the Democratic
side of the ledger because of contested buzzwords like "choice,"
"competition," and "option."
I noted at the time that the best way to test this theory was via an
apples-to-apples scenario in which we can hold the pollster, the
methodology, and the time of the poll constant. That's why I thought
the Rasmussen results were significant: Rasmussen changed the wording
of questions on the public option and found markedly different results.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/horseraceblog/2009/10/the_public_option_in_the_nbc_n.html