Battleground States Avg EXIT poll DEVIATION from FINAL state polls: 0.48%

[TruthIsAll]

Battleground States: Exit poll deviations from final state polls
Pre- and exit pollsters agree: Kerry won! THAT IS, BEFORE THE POST-MIDNIGHT EXIT POLL SHENANIGANS.

Question for state pollsters (Zogby, ARG, etc.):
How come you guys never claimed, like Mitofsky does, that YOUR poll samples were heavily weighted to women?

Deviation statistics:

average 0.48%
median 0.51%
stddev 1.93%

[papau]

1. "final" means the ones adjusted so as to best fit vote totals?

I know it is a standard procedure - but it results in silly ? implications as to the composition of the late voters.

or are these the 4pm or 6pm exit polls versus normal polls?

[TruthIsAll]

2. These are 4pm exit polls vs. final published state polls

tia

[papau]

3. thanks

:-)

[TruthIsAll]

4. They are percentage deviations in the two-party vote: Kerry/(Kerry+Bush)

Just want to be clear on that. Its the seamless way to compare the deviations.