Reply #35: I think Clinton won and I don't think there was fraud... [View All]

but machine error happens. :shrug:

The main benefit of optical scanner machines over touchscreen is the fact that they count paper ballots. There always should be random spot checks to verify accuracy. Why the hell not?

In this case, if the exit polls were consistent with the pre-election polling but they didn't accurately predict the actual vote counts, that warrants further examination IMO.

The only further examination the media seems to be doing is to use the exit poll results (e.g., gender, independents, new voters, etc.) to try to explain the discrepancies, and that makes no sense. If the exit polls don't accurately predict the vote totals, the demographics from the exit polls aren't reliable.