Beware the Exit Polls
I add this, as a note of caution to Brother Robinson below, from the Daily Caller:
Mark Blumenthal has a very good warning for all of us tonight: Ignore exit polls.
“[T]he initial results of the exit poll interviews have had frequent problems with non-response bias, a consistent discrepancy favoring the Democrats that has appeared to some degree in every presidential election since 1988. Usually the bias is small, but in 2004 it was just big enough to convince millions of Americans who saw the leaked results on the Internet that John Kerry would defeat George W. Bush. It didn’t work out that way.”
Exit polls may not be great at head-to-head horse race information, but they still serve an important purpose: Providing us with demographic information.
So, take a deep breath. We may indeed lose this battle, but if we do, it won't be until the wee hours.
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Re: Beware the Exit Polls
THANK YOU, Brother Long. O, THANK YOU!
Pause.
Cleansing breath.
I will now resume my regularly scheduled afternoon....
Apr '11
Re: Beware the Exit Polls
We will not lose this battle. We are going to prevail.
Aug '10
Re: Beware the Exit Polls
I think the media will be very cautious with the exit polls after being burned by them in 2004.
Then again, this is the "we never acknowledge our mistakes" MSM we are talking about...
Dec '11
Re: Beware the Exit Polls
You mean to say we may lose this skirmish. The battle never ends.
Re: Beware the Exit Polls
Garrett Petersen
You mean to say we may lose this skirmish. The battle never ends. · 19 minutes ago
"The battle never ends."
Very, very nicely put, Garrett. Very nicely put.
Edited on November 7, 2012 at 12:56amOct '12
Re: Beware the Exit Polls
Nope. It will be over within 2 hours.
Oct '12
Re: Beware the Exit Polls
WI just went for O. Another place Romney wasted his time. He should have stuck to OH, VA, FL
Oct '12
Re: Beware the Exit Polls
Maybe next time. Not tonight.
Oct '12
Re: Beware the Exit Polls
The "Paul Ryan" effect wasn't.