# Global Warming Advocates and Rasmussen **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 19, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-advocates-and-rasmussen/596876 "2011-09-19T23:57:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-advocates-and-rasmussen/596876/1 "2011-09-19T23:57:46Z")
Tonight I got a robo-poll from Rasmussen, a full 7-minute spiel about all the issues of the day. Who would I vote for if the election were tomorrow? What do I think about the direction America is heading? How old am I? etc. I could handle most of it fine, but then they came to this question (as close to verbatim as I can make it): “If you heard a politician described as a ‘Global Warming Advocate,’ would you consider that a positive description or a negative description? Press 1 if you would consider it a positive description. Press 2 if you would consider it a negative description. Press 3 if you would consider it somewhere in between.” Seriously, Rasmussen, this is your question on global warming? ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-advocates-and-rasmussen/596876/2 "2011-09-20T01:27:09Z")
What, you thought Ras came by that heavy Republican lean by fudging the numbers? Of course not! The fudge is baked right into the _questions_. What the hell is a “Global Warming Advocate”, anyway? Why would anyone advocate warming? Is it someone who’s investing in beachfront property in Kansas? A mad herpetologist with a plan to Show Them All? A guy who hates penguins with the fire of a thousand suns? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-advocates-and-rasmussen/596876/3 "2011-09-20T01:31:50Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > What, you thought Ras came by that heavy Republican lean by fudging the numbers? Of course not! The fudge is baked right into the _questions_. > > What the hell is a “Global Warming Advocate”, anyway? Why would anyone advocate warming? Is it someone who’s investing in beachfront property in Kansas? A mad herpetologist with a plan to Show Them All? A guy who hates penguins with the fire of a thousand suns? I know, right? I figured if I said I’d think negatively of it, they’d interpret that as saying I didn’t believe in global warming. But I couldn’t possibly say I’d approve of someone who advocated setting the earth on fire. It’s far and away the dumbest, most mystifying polling question I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-advocates-and-rasmussen/596876/4 "2011-09-20T05:41:07Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Tonight I got a robo-poll from Rasmussen, a full 7-minute spiel about all the issues of the day. I’m not sure how I feel about global warming advocacy either, but I want to applaud you for your civic altruism if you really listened to a 7-minute robo-poll. :smack: