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[twitter]https://twitter.com/nate_cohn/status/1323601603249713152?s=21[/twitter][/quote]
Yes, I'd long suspected that RCP was skewing the results of Trump's (un)favorability ratings.  They definitely show editorial bias in the stories they post.  Here are key points from the twitter thread ...

RCP's averages this cycle just haven't been a fair average of the polling that's out there. Instead, cut offs are fairly deliberately set to show better results for Trump. 
Just go down the list of each RCP average this morning, and ask 'are the cutoff dates consistent?' and 'who would benefit if the cutoff date was a day earlier.'
The answers are 'no' and Biden.
This has been true for a while now, but they really took it up a couple of notches over the weekend. And unfortunately it's enough that I won't be using the site anymore for citing polling averages.
I'm sympathetic to the challenges they face in deciding what polls to include. And I think their rules are modestly more coherent than folks give credit. But the cutoffs right now serve one purpose. Anyone comparing say US v PA avg can tell what it is.[/quote]

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