Anyone know what is going on with the exit polls?

[Ignacio Upton]

I'm not surprised that corruption is polling a plurality, but terrorism is second. Terrorism is AHEAD of Iraq and the economy! While corruption bodes well for us as an issue, terrorism helps the Republicans. I have a hard time believing that people rated it higher than Iraq and the economy, because nothing in the news has suggested that it be so.

[Webster Green]

1. I'm guessing they are Top Secret this time around (n/t)

[Uben]

2. Uh, wait a minute

Dems were favored on terrorism in the last poll I saw!

[Ignacio Upton]

9. We are close with them this time

But it puzzles me that terrorism would be listed so high, considering that there has been nothing in the news to suggest it being so.

[onehandle]

3. 75% think Bush is an idiot.

25% think Bush is an idiot, but won't admit it.

[Jackpine Radical]

7. 25% are idiots

& think Bush must be smart 'cause he's just like them.

[tridim]

4. Corruption + Iraq = Dem voters, Terra+terra+terra = Repuke voters

We're sitting pretty.

[Jacobin]

10. Correct

I'm still cautiously optimistic.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

5. They Have The Basis To Fix The Votes If They So Choose...

By claiming that "terrorism" and the "economy" are so important, they can claim that people were concerned about terrorism, so they voted repub, and they were happy with how the economy was going, so they voted repub.

By putting Iraq as 4th, they can marginalize and say that it was not as significant to voters as was terrorism, which is the only issue the repubs can even lay a claim to.

[Rick Myers]

6. The media were just allowed to see them at 5pm est n/t

[mikelewis]

8. They're waiting for the final tallies so they can square the exits with the ...

actual vote. It was quite embarassing in 2004 when they didn't jive so this time they're waiting until Rove tells them what the numbers will be.

[nashville_brook]

15. ... so like, expect something after polls close, prolly...

[mikelewis]

16. Or right around the same time...

I doubt they're going to jump the gun on any of the elections this time. Mitofsky had a lot of non-explaining to do the last time around so it's doubtful he'll make the same mistake again. I wonder if they'll even release them at all this time around.

[Uben]

11. Networks

The big five networks have agreed to keep the exit polls secret until 6:00 PM ET I think I heard.
This is to keep from early reporting errors.

[terrya]

12. How did those good ol' "moral values" rate?

I'm not sure the "activist judges" crap is going to fly this time. Just a hunch.

[TheWraith]

13. They're saying that terrorism is breaking even in the exit polls.

No advantage for Republicans on the issue of terrorism.

[Ignacio Upton]

14. There they saying that as part of the exit polls?

n/t.

[pnorman]

17. Here's from NewsMax:

Exit Poll Data in Lockdown Mode

Fearing that exit poll results may be leaked — like they were in the 2004 election — top media companies are putting the polling operations into a virtual lockdown this Election Day.

For the first time, major media outlets will keep the results of Election Day exit polls secret until late in the afternoon.

The move comes in response to complaints about the accuracy of exit polls in the 2004 presidential election, when bloggers posted data from early exit polls and incorrectly called some states for 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, indicating that he would unseat President Bush.

Republican critics said the leaked poll results were used to stifle voter turnout in critical Western states.

But the media lockdown of results may not fix the other problem of the 2004 election: the fact that the location of poll takers in precincts around the country were leaked to pro-Kerry forces — allowing them to skew results by sending phony voters to claim they had cast a vote for Kerry.
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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/11/7/150937.shtml?s=al&promo_code=27F9-1

Note: No doubt as a prank by a "friend", my name got added to the NewsMax mailing list, and I frequently get 2~3 mailings a day. Out of morbid fascination, I've been unable to bring myself to unsubscribe.

pnorman