Posted on 07/03/2006 4:18:41 PM PDT by Dane
As in Florida in 2000, and as in Ohio in 2004, the exit polls show the voters voted for the progressive candidate. The race is "officially" too close to call. But they will call it - after they steal it.
Reuters reports that, as of 8pm eastern time, as voting concluded in Mexico, exit polls showed Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the "leftwing" party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) leading in exit polls over Felipe Calderón of the ruling conservative National Action party (PAN).
We've said again and again: exit polls tell us how voters say they voted, but the voters can't tell pollsters whether their vote will be counted. In Mexico, counting the vote is an art, not a science - and Calderón's ruling crew is very artful indeed. The PAN-controlled official electoral commission, not surprisingly, has announced that the presidential tally is too close to call
(Excerpt) Read more at commentisfree.guardian.co.uk ...
-ccm
Nixon won California by the absentee vote, contrary to what exit polls would have shown (did they have exit polls in '60?)
And we know how he lost Illinois. And how LBJ won his first Senate election.
The sad thing about Mr. Palast's screed is that liberals are NOT beautiful when they are angry. Funny though, sometimes.
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