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To: GeronL
Re: “Asians were apparently almost an even split”

Very hard to believe that number.

73% of Asians supported Obama in 2012, according to NEP, which is the exit polling service used by every major news organization in America.

45 posted on 11/06/2014 6:43:31 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

I saw a breakdown posted on FR yesterday, it said Asians went 50-49 for Democrats


46 posted on 11/06/2014 6:45:21 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: zeestephen; GeronL; Clintonfatigued; jjotto; SunkenCiv; cripplecreek; Truthsearcher; ...
73% of Asians supported Obama in 2012, according to NEP, which is the exit polling service used by every major news organization in America.

Whatever NEP stands for, let's not get carried away by exit polling results because it's very difficult to understand how exit poll results have much credibility at all as determinants of final real vote percentages.

The major problem is how on earth do you reach a true random sample of voters in a particular election contest when you obviously only have the limited personnel to interview a very scant number of voters in just a smattering of election districts, and those interviewees self-select themselves by their cooperation with the interviewers?

When it comes to a small subgroup like Asians, the general exit polling statistical problems are further exacerbated because of the even smaller number of interviewees available, the frequent cultural differences between interviewer and interviewee, and the basic fact that "Asians" consist of so many different nationalities and cultures. Somewhat similar problems arise with exit polling re Jews.

So my gut impression is that exit polling and results obtained thereby are garbage in, garbage out, especially when you are dealing with small minority groups of voters. And that in turn just tarnishes the MSM's credibility and reliability even more, if that's possible.

75 posted on 11/07/2014 2:38:37 PM PST by justiceseeker93
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