The majority of the posts are recognizing the media mischief that was involved in this latest election poll fiasco. By all means, talk your head off to pollsters if that's what floats your boat. Some of us disagree with that sort of incomplete information potentially being used/leaked to try to influence voter turnout. And that point you don't seem to acknowlege....
Prairie
If people are manipulated weather to vote or not by exit polls, the "Problem" is not the exit polls. It is people who do not plan to vote regardless of what other people are doing or saying.
Instead of bitching about exit polls being used to manipulate people, bitch about people who are stupid enough to be manipulated.
Instead of bitching about exit polls, celebrate that people are free to participate in them if they choose to.
Instead of bitching about exit polls, celebrate that people are free to talk with voters.
Instead of bitching about exit polls, celebrate that people are free to share or publish their opinions about their exit poll data.
Those of you who disagree with voters being manipulated, do not see that those being manipulated are willing to be manipulated. If someone is not going to vote because of poll results in one race, when there are many item on the ballot, that someone is a fool.
Because some folks are fools, the problem is not exit polls, or people trying to take advantage of their foolishness, the problem is the fool. Educate the fool, do not try to restrict the freedoms of those who take advantage of the fool. Not because I like seeing the fools played, but because restricting freedoms is to great a price to pay.