Posted on 11/04/2008 1:31:20 PM PST by ReagansRaiders
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There are two kinds of exit pollings:
1. Pros who will sell voter information for next election—have no need to release results now
2. Agenda pollsters, like AP, who have no financial concerns for accuracy. They will spin to suppress turnout.
Do dems lie?
Do dems breathe?
Wolf Blitzed is on CNN babbling about the exit polls in a few minutes. They are going to try to stifle the FL. panhandle white vote. They do it every time. I hope the folks do not fall for it this time.
Brace yourselves watch the BS exit polls will be soon released.
Oh you’re right....
But that CNN reporter went to inner StLouis and picked those 8 black voters and made it seem like they represented the entire state. He called Missouri for Obama right there because of 8 black voters he interviewed.
I am wathing FoxNews now and they are having a discusion about how the media has SURPASSED Hollywood in its bias. They don’t even care if its obvious anymore.
By news accounts, in some counties and states this year, anywhere from 30% to 50% votes will be either “early” or by absentee ballots. Then, how is the “exit” polling will be anywhere as “representative” as it has been before, especially considering how representative the exit polls were for Kerry in 2004.
I’d say the only thing the exit polls will represent this year is the bias of the media and an attempt to repeat Election 2000, when it was a huge factor in the ensuing mess. Ignore exit polls, deal only with officially counted numbers.
It’s amazing, when I was a kid I always wondered how publications could be so transparently biased, like Pravda and Izvestia. Or how Saddam’s information ministry could spout the most incredible rubbish with a straight face, like anybody would believe him. Now I see it here. Eerie.
Obviously they couldn’t care less about “egg on their faces.” They are desperately trying to skew an election. Winning is worth every effort and chance for embarrassment. It is worth the prospect of jail terms for cheaters, even (just wishful thinking here).
They did this in 2004. Told us that the numbers were so skewed for Kerry that Bush had no chance. Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think we had a President Kerry.
These are designed to influence the voter to stay home.
Get out and vote tonight.
Hell yeah. I remember CBS tried to exit poll me back in 1988 and I thought “screw ‘em, I can’t tell them what they want to hear”.
Hell yeah. I remember CBS tried to exit poll me back in 1988 and I thought “screw ‘em, I can’t tell them what they want to hear”.
I remember when Giuliani ran against Dinkins and the exit polls all had Dinkins winning. Turned out people were afraid of being seen as being racist for voting Giuliani, so the majority just said they voted Dinkins. Wonder if this has a similar effect on the polls this election? Guess we will have to wait tonight to find out. That’s why it’s a secret ballot. Keep it that way.
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