http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publ...calls_it_right
Originally Posted by gfejunkie
I said "equivalent prognosticators" for a reason. Those cited in your link were polls, not sources like RealClearPolitics, FiveThirtyEight, Politico, Cook, Larry Sabato, and others that use rather sophisticated forecasting methodology to come up with their projections. Yes, sometimes they are wrong as they were in 2016, but more often than not they are spot on.
A very good reason why Rasmussen did such an accurate job of predicting the 2016 presidential race is that they over-sample Republicans, which is why they are given a C+ rating due to inaccuracy overall when all their poll results are analyzed.