EXIT POLLS!

[DougieZero]

SENATE EXIT POLLS AS OF 5:30 EST: Democrats Leading: Virginia (52-47), Rhode Island (53-46), Pennsylvania (57-42), Ohio (57-43), New Jersey (52-45), Montana (53-46), Missouri (50-48), Maryland (53-46)…GOP Leading: Tennessee (51-48), Arizona (50-46)…

HUFFINGTON POST EXCLUSIVE

[Skinner]

1. Link please!

nt

[SeattleGirl]

4. Here.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

[LeftCoast]

6. It's on HuffingtonPost. Here's the link

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

[Jack Rabbit]

18. Jack Rabbit is still quick as a bunny

Huffington Post, front page.

http://www.swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=278AB5B373184608A55AA55E915ED13D?diaryId=25">Swing State Project

[dogindia]

37. 8 great....but let's watch what time they switch...rove and his

little hackers in some dark room pushing buttons....sorry about the fear talk.

[rainy]

47. yea, lets stay up all night and document the exact hour that he

switches it.

[rfranklin]

52. Dare I visualize Bush being frog-marched from the White House?

Oh, Lord, please hear our prayer!

[dicknbush]

63. iT REALLY IS ONLY 6 NET GAIN.

If this holds it is a net gain of six which is good because it means control of the Senate but.......I HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR 7 SO THAT MEALLY MOUTH PUSSY LIEBERMAN BECOMES IRRELEVANT!...GO CAUCUS WITH THE INDEPENDENT LIE-BERMAN! WE DON'T NEED YOUR STICKIN VOTE YOU PUKE IN SHEEPS CLOTHING!

[Mass]

71. another thread says wonkette has Lamont ahead of Lieberman.

FWIW

[Anarchy in the UK]

75. Exit Polls

Probably been done to death but beware exit polls as they can be misleading (UK Election in 1992 was called as hung whereas major won outright)

That said, from this side of the pond it is looking good...

[featherman]

2. very good

[blitzen]

3. let's hope this is the real deal!!!!

[aquart]

Nothing on CT?

[indie_voter]

5. link inside

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

[Nimrod2005]

7. Looks like bullshit to me...

[cobaindrain]

26. explain

how are these numbers not reasonable?

[Nimrod2005]

39. Too many of our seats look VERY GOOD!!!

Can't be this good, can it?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

40. Would you rather it be the other way around?

:rofl:

[blitzen]

41. looks about exactly what recent polling has shown

[cobaindrain]

43. looks pretty consistent with the polls

[Mass]

8. Let's hope they are correct, this time.

[hang a left]

10. They were correct last time. nt

[Mass]

So, let's hope that they secured the vote this time\nt

[Boston Critic]

9. If those numbers hold...

...that will do it. Arizona was the longest of shots. Tennessee is a crying shame. But that's the balance of power, unless Lieberman has one last backstab in store.

[ronnykmarshall]

22. This would give us a 3 seat majority???

Is that correct?

[feduppuke]

32. No

They make a 50-50 Sen, I believe. Pickups in RI, MT, VA, OH, and MO = 50-50 with Dick casting the tie breaker for the purposes of organization (assuming Lieberman stays with the Dems).

[spooky3]

38. add PA to your 5, and you have 6 seats

[dweller]

57. and who knows who he will

shoot in the face to break a tie...

dp

[Pithlet]

49. I'm upset about Tennessee.

I had a bad feeling when all the stories of voter irregularities came out. But, I'm still hopeful overall for Dems.

[Robbien]

11. Huffington got it before Drudge? Well whadayaknow!

Thought MSM was only aware of RNC's Drudge sludge.

[covadcalifornia]

14. excellent news

that can't hide this stuff anymore when they get behind

[Mass]

12. With the exception on PA, too close to call, even if correct.

Hopefully, the Dems in these states will continue their GOTV efforts.

[maseman]

16. I'd have to say Ohio and PA are done

[Mass]

19. I missed OH. You're right.

But this is also what I would have said seeing the polls this week for these two states.

[Greeby]

13. Holy Macacawitz, Batman!

:wow:

[Tiggeroshii]

15. They predicted the GOP would barely hold on to the Senate last election

We'll see how much of this proves true. Obviously, I'm skeptical given recent events

[LeftCoast]

17. TIDAL WAVE

If these numbers hold up, we're talking massive blue wave!

[ps1074]

33. yep

And TN and AZ pretty close too... It might be even 8 seat gain...

[mconvente]

20. we should be seeing preliminary KY and IN house races in 45 minutes

Keep it up DU!

Numbers look really good - come on Tennessee and Arizona!

[cobaindrain]

21. SWEEET! This is NOT BS LIKE 2004

Remember 2004 showed us up like 20pts in Florida and Pennsylvania...these numbers are much more reasonable!

haha, so much about Maryland and Rhode Island being close

look at Arizona! we have a shot

[Lucky Luciano]

28. Pound the GOTV effort in AZ!

This is winnable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[judaspriestess]

23. GO BABY GO

keep this up!!! I am soooo excited to see this...

[democrank]

24. So far, so good.

Let`s hope it continues.

[Mr_Spock]

25. I'm not believing any exit polls

I'll wait 'till the polls close and the votes are counted...

[mhatrw]

54. Don't you mean black boxes tallied? n/t

[Mr_Spock]

56. Depends where you live I guess

I had no idea they were actually black - lol

[Bad Santa]

58. I believe the exit polls

What I don't believe is returns on Diebold machines.

[antiimperialist]

67. Well said

Let's not be brainwashed into thinking that polls are wrong and official tallies are right.

[darkism]

27. HOLY SHIT 8 SEATS! These had best be right! n/t

[Mass]

64. It would be 51D-49R,

[cobaindrain]

29. DeWine and Santorum....CRUSHED!

[phantom power]

30. Dammit, I was so hoping that Kyl would get his ass handed to him

[Lucky Luciano]

34. It is closer than expected...GOTV Arizona!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Crush the thugs - make them non-existent and send them back from whece they came - the blackest depths of hell! (Tom Tomorrow)

[julialnyc]

31. remember a large number of people haven't even voted yet

I for one live in a commuter town in CT and most of the polls are just getting very crowded right now (they have been above average for the day.... but the biggest bulk of people vote right now).

[Mr_Spock]

36. Tell me about it...

How can you predict when certain people show up at different times!

Not falling for this crap this year...

[Red Right and BLUE]

35. Holy crap, delightful.

Cautiously optimistic here.

[deadparrot]

42. Go Missouri, go.

I want me a McCaskill victory, dammit.

[StraightDope]

44. Not to be too vulgar about it...

But I just totally got a raging hard-on seeing that Webb is leading Allen in VA!

YES! IT'S LONG PAST TIME THAT WE TOOK BACK OUR COUNTRY!!!

[civildisoBDence]

69. If it lasts for more than 4 hours

that means we win!!!

Newsprism

[ClintonTyree]

45. I'm not being suckered into believing exit polls again.........

2004 nearly did me in. I got my hopes up as high as they could possibly be just do have them dashed against the rocks because of vote theft. When I see the official results, THEN I'll breathe a sigh of relief. Until then, I'm a basket case. :scared:

[lolamio]

46. I am afraid to be hopeful..

But I'll do my best to remain cautiously optimistic! :)

[AtomicKitten]

48. Holy Jeebus

Uneffinbelievable. I dare those bastards to try to steal this.

Happy :)

[HappyWeasel]

51. hmmmm...

Last time- 50-49 KERRY
was really 48-51 BUSH

2 point difference at best!!



SENATE EXIT POLLS AS OF 5:30 EST: Democrats Leading: Virginia (52-47), Rhode Island (53-46), Pennsylvania (57-42), Ohio (57-43), New Jersey (52-45), Montana (53-46), Missouri (50-48), Maryland (53-46)…GOP Leading: Tennessee (51-48), Arizona (50-46)…


Virginia - 50-49
Rhode Island- 51-48
Pennsylvania 55-44
Ohio 55-45
New Jersey 50-47
Montana 51-48
Missouri 48-50
Maryland 41-48
Tennessee 53-46
Arizona 52-44

I bank on being tied, though that will be enough with Cheney being forced into investigation. LOL

[Sugarcoated]

70. HappyWeasel

Did you transpose Missouri, shouldn't it be 50-48?

[Sam Francis 1964]

73. LOW TURNOUT IN OHIO???

What is going on in Ohio??? I have heard that Cleveland turnout is way down from 2004 and that Rural vote is trending higher. Has anyone else heard this?

I guess the weather sucked.

[Truebrit71sbruv]

50. Can anyone explain to a poor ignorant European...

... why the discrepancy on the closing times of voting stations. Why do they not simply go with the timezones? Is this something to do with individual state laws?

BTW - thanks for the link - although it did lead to my rather tedious and annoying question!

[Recursion]

79. Elections are run by the states

And, as long as they fall within some very broad Constitutional requirements, the states can pretty much do them as they want, which means there are vastly different poll times. To the extent that there has been standardization (the idea of registration, etc.) that has come from the parties.

The concept was that the Federal government shouldn't be trusted to run its own elections. I can certainly sympathize, but it's hard to imagine how they could cock it up worse than many of the states have.

[Truebrit71sbruv]

80. Thanks for that...

... and I concur fully with your last point. It has certainly appeared in recent elections (at least to an outsider looking in) that it is as much the systems as the voting that is at fault, let's face it.

[cobaindrain]

53. drudge hasn't even posted this yet

too depressing for him i think

[Divine Discontent]

61. maybe he pulled a....

(your user name)



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[dfordjones]

55. Tester will take Montana

We have election day registration here My window looks out to the County election office - the only place where you can go to register on election day - people (mostly young people) are lined up well out into the parking lot. I've never seen anything like this before.:thumbsup:

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

59. Nice.

Too bad the exit polls are more accurate than the ballot boxes.

[antiimperialist]

60. If results don't match exit polls, there was fraud

exit polls everywhere in the world are accurate almost 100% of the time within a very small margin, except for those places where fraud took place.
(See USA 2004 and 2002).

[Sam Francis 1964]

65. Bogus - KEEP VOTING!!!

Keep voting!!!
Don't let these bogus exit polls stop you from voting. The link on these exit polls is NOT RELIABLE!!!!

[DemPower]

74. we better prepare....

[Cameron27]

62. Please please please!!!!!!!

Az still in play :)

[Xenotime]

66. This is great. I am ready to PARTY!

[marshagarsha]

68. I'm hopeful, but frightened....

I recall being this optimistic and excited in 2004 as exit polls began coming in. Oh please oh please oh PLEASE let this turn out another way in 2006!!!

[pa28]

72. It'll be interesting to watch the relative accuracy in the Ohio poll. n/t

[stop the bleeding]

76. I think I am going to pass out

:party:

[Clarkie1]

77. 51/49 Sentate with Dem majority. We will win all tossups except perhaps TN.

And that'll do it! :-)

[progressivebydesign]

78. I can't get excited.. we get repeatedly screwed by exit polls since Bush took over.

You know, suddenly, since Bush and his Diebold pals took over, exit polls aren't accurate. Who woulda thought that after decades of exit polls being spot on, suddenly, since Bush stole office.. they aren't good enough anymore. I hope it sticks.. I hope those bastards can't steal it again. Though I see that Cayahuga County in Ohio is having problems AGAIN...

[ktowntennesseedem]

81. Damn it!!! Quit getting my hopes up!!!

I've been jilted by exit polls before, don't want to get burned again.

But when those numbers become real ones (and GOD, I hope they do!!!), then I'll break open the champaign! Keeping it on ice for now!

[Cobalt Violet]

82. Kick