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According to one poll, six in ten Americans want a budget compromise to prevent a government shutdown. According to another survey 60% want a government shutdown to get to a budget compromise. Wait, what?

Yes, two polls in the past week have shown apparently opposite results on how Americans feel about a looming government shutdown, should Congress not pass a budget by the end of the week. So why the sharp discrepancy?

The answer, as is so often the case, is in the framing.

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Rasmussen was widely criticized last week for a poll that, through arguably leading questions, produced a result favorable to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) in his showdown with the state's public employee unions. In the New York Times polling guru Nate Silver wrote, "Because of the problems with question design, my advice would be simply to disregard the Rasmussen Reports poll, and to view their work with extreme skepticism going forward."

[Info-phone]

I've only been pointing out the falacies of Rasmussen for... Seven years or so now? There's a reason FOX uses them so much... Haven't heard much from Zogby of late though...