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Lakerstan Donating Member (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 05:50 PM
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BE VERY CAREFUL WITH EXIT POLL DATA!!!
I remember sitting here 4 years ago seeing lots of exit polls in favor of John Kerry. We know what happened there...

Don't let up!
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 05:53 PM
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1. The 04 exit polls were right
Its just the machines that were wrong.
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 05:54 PM
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2. The exit polls were right. The "official" tallies were wrong.
Kerry won. It was stolen.
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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 06:00 PM
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5. The exit polls were still off back then...
Edited on Tue Nov-04-08 06:00 PM by regnaD kciN
...but, even if the discrepancy was due entirely to election theft, who's to say they won't steal it again? The only way we can win is if we GOTV enough to overcome their theft. (They can "flip" 5% of the vote without being noticed? Make sure we win by at least 6%!) You can participate in GOTV efforts from the comfort of your own home today by logging on to mybarackobama.com. You'll accomplish a lot more for change than either following exit polls here or posting that the last two elections were stolen.

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Flatulo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 06:02 PM
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6. Would you support determining the outcome of elections by exit polling?
Just wondering...
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1corona4u Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 05:56 PM
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3. I don't see how they can possibly be accurate.
Especially with all of the states voting early.
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Feron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 05:57 PM
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4. True. Exit polls are basically garbage.
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