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Scott W. Rasmussen

Publisher, Rasmussen Reports

Scott Rasmussen is the founder and Publisher of Rasmussen Reports. He has been an independent public opinion pollster since 1994 and is a frequent guest on Fox News, CNBC, the BBC, and other major media outlets.

Mr. Rasmussen and his firm have developed a reputation for delivering reliable, newsworthy, and actionable public opinion data. Just as important, Scott has the ability to translate the numbers into meaningful analysis and commentary in a manner that both informs and entertains. Michael Barone calls Scott “one of America’s most innovative pollsters.” Doug Schoen, a pollster for President Clinton, says that Scott is “fearlessly independent.”

While Rasmussen is most noted for his political polling, his company also provides extensive coverage of business, economic, and lifestyle issues. This enables Scott to speak with authority on current events, underlying trends, and the questions that Americans are curious about.

Accuracy and stability are hallmarks of the Rasmussen tracking polls. A Fordham University analysis ranked Rasmussen Reports as the most accurate national polling firm in Election 2008. During Election 2004, Rasmussen Reports was the only firm to project the actual totals for the candidates within half-a-percentage point of the actual totals.

Scott grew up in the broadcast business. Earlier in his career, he and his father founded ESPN, the cable sports network.