November 04, 2004

How exit polls work

My wife is still mumbling about how she doesn't understand why results don't match the exit polls. (She also says "Nobody I know says they voted for Bush. How could he have won?" I won't touch that one.)

Anyway, Mystery Pollster has a terrific explanation of how exit polls work. It's brutally honest about what's good about them and why they're pretty well useless in a state like Florida or Ohio.

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Posted by roadnick at November 4, 2004 01:15 AM | TrackBack

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Uhh, because there is fraud? Exit polls not matching "official" results in 3rd World countries is considered at sign of possible election fraud. Not hard evidence, but an indication that someone might just want to investigate. Should we be asking the UN for election monitors?

Posted by: Jeffrey L. Taylor at November 4, 2004 02:18 PM

Pretty sad when the Carter Center, which we rely on to monitor elections all over the world, is basically knocked out from participating in that process here. When Jimmy Carter started talking about Florida, The Powers That Be came down on him so hard, I'm surprised he's still standing.

Posted by: Nick at November 4, 2004 02:46 PM
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