 In 2008, "Rasmussen Reports" had an apparently short-term partnership with "FiveThirtyEight" in order to include this unique methodology for generating poll averages in their "Balance of Power Calculator".At the same time, "FiveThirtyEight"'s daily "Today's Polls" column began to be mirrored on "The Plank," a blog published by "The New Republic".By early October 2008, "FiveThirtyEight" approached 2.5 million visitors per week, while averaging approximately 400,000 per weekday.