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Mistwell Donating Member (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 02:22 PM
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115. The pre-election polls were obviously flawed
Pre election polls constantly showed directly contradictory leaders in a difference well beyond their margins of error. So the answer is yes, Pre-election polls blatantly and obviously are not very good at predicting a winner in a close race.

This sentence: "It is rare, if not unprecedented, for election results to swing so dramatically from the exit poll predictions to the official results"

Is a blatant and total fabrication. EVERY SINGLE PRESIDENTIAL EXIT POLL EVER CONDUCTED in it's pre-weighted form showed a similar dramatic swing from the official results. EVERY SINGLE ONE. It's only after they are weighted that they have any history of accuracy...and after this one was weighted it too was equally accurate.
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