I think it is rigged.
But let's use it to make as much money as possible then we can command/short price of other shares. Basically, place multiple orders for selling Paul in 17-40 range , and have large buying orders for Paul at 8-9 range. As the price goes up, you cash in, then you buy again low when Rasmussen does their "adjustment". If the adjustment slows down, we can begin raising this buy back share price to provide floor support for Paul.
By offering to by low, someone needs to be willing to sell you low. Perhaps some dumb Huck traders are shorting all they got on Paul at 8.3/share. That is fine, but once we suck all their money out of them, they'll have zero weapons. Then we win.
Rasmussen has a disclaimer: Warning: People attempting to gain advantage using unfair practices will be excluded from the leaderboard.
I guess this means that they reserve a right to rig the system. It's not "unfair practice" for a market to be hot on a particular stock/candidate. WTF.