Reply #17: Kerry Went From 15% to a 2% Margin in 4 hours in PA. [View All]

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From the main campaign HQ, we received two insider emails at our HQ, as we had our people conducting exit polling behind the independent exit pollers. At 4pm, Kerry had a 9pt lead. At 6pm, Kerry's lead increased to 15pts over Bush.

At 8pm, when the polls closed, we watched for immediate confirmation from the networks. Nothing. Some voting had been extended due to a shortage of provisional ballots. So, no call by anyone. Nothing again at 9pm, and our stomach's began to flip like pancakes. We knew something was wrong. But we couldn't find it. Finally, at 10pm, the networks gave Pennsylvania to Kerry, but by the smallest of margins, 2%. There was no conceivable way that two sets of exit polling could have been that wrong from between 6-8pm when the poll's closed.

Our interior polling also showed a 4pt to 5pt lead in both Ohio and Florida at 6pm.

I know we won the election.

OP