hangloose
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Tue Nov-02-04 05:49 PM
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Exit polls are an indicator but what if they don't match in key |
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States? Does anyone have a statistical model that correlates exit polls to actual vote count as a percent? What if in a few swing states the exit polls and the actual vote count are not aligned. What does this mean? And is this a lagging indicator that something is afoot?
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flowomo
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Tue Nov-02-04 05:51 PM
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1. forget this shit altogether.... these numbers are meaningless |
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wait a few hours and get some facts
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CarolynEC
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Tue Nov-02-04 05:56 PM
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2. There are so many variables that go into exit polls... |
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Edited on Tue Nov-02-04 06:05 PM by CarolynEC
... that it's best to just ignore them, IMO.
For example, here on the East Coast, the whole contingent of after-work voters is just getting to the voting booth now.
Also, participation in exit polling is voluntary -- there's no way to be sure of a representative sample.
Best just to keep plugging away until the polls close and the official counts start coming in.
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