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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm watching CNN and they are saying the Exit polls were WAY OFF
and are asking how did they get it so wrong
What will happen in the Presidents Election?
BP2
(554 posts)rufus dog
(8,419 posts)Voters?
tabatha
(18,795 posts)Yeah. Right.
tabatha
(18,795 posts)HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)flamingdem
(39,342 posts)nt
aquart
(69,014 posts)Shrek
(3,986 posts)TheWraith
(24,331 posts)They don't like answering exit polls--call it either paranoia or just being assholes--which tends to skew the exits anti-Republican.
That said, I think the polls will be more accurate by the end of the night. Milwaukee is still coming in.
WhoIsNumberNone
(7,875 posts)Bringing Barrett to within 230,000 votes....
dpibel
(2,896 posts)Resurrecting the "reluctant responders" meme from 2000 and 2004.
Good show.
AzDar
(14,023 posts)fraud?
Liberal_Dog
(11,075 posts)Here in the good ol USA, No Fucking Way.
snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)and pass it on as they go. It's like they got the 'word'
and for whatever reason are blaming poor exit polling.
Something reeks! imho
spanone
(135,958 posts)polichick
(37,152 posts)Without verifiable voting, we've got no way to prove anything.
God bless America - really, cuz we're fucked.
madashelltoo
(1,709 posts)CBS will be scratching theirs too before the night is over. Something stinks real bad around here and someone will find the source any minute now.
deaniac21
(6,747 posts)Indydem
(2,642 posts)But exit polls are considered sacred?
Polling is still polling. People can refuse to participate, pollsters are not at every single polling place, and samples do get skewed.
dark forest
(110 posts)one poll that means shit.
Looks like this one went Right.
HangOnKids
(4,291 posts)If you vote you should consider the history of exit polling. Now please scoot over and find a place on my ignore list. Thanks.
tabatha
(18,795 posts)who will not show their software for validation by voters.
polichick
(37,152 posts)...there's no point in holding elections.
shcrane71
(1,721 posts)Who does that? I don't believe it.
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)Any "special" election is just that, a special election and the predictive models are basically no good...
GoCubsGo
(32,103 posts)...that maybe the polls are right, and there are problems with the voting? Why does that not surprise me?
jillan
(39,451 posts)alp227
(32,084 posts)"What all TV anchors should say at 7 pm Nov. 6: 'We have early exit data but toplines have been so unreliable for years we'll hold off.'"
http://twitter.com/LarrySabato/status/210204414005358593