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Recursion

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Tue Nov 8, 2016, 03:29 PM Nov 2016

Votecastr is a cool idea, but it is *not exit polling*

Just wanted to say that loudly. These numbers are not based on asking voters how they voted, they are based on counting turnout and using a model of voting preference from pre-election polling and demographics of the precinct.

The county-level turnout count is interesting, but I'd be very cautious of the specific breakdown per-candidate of the numbers.

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Votecastr is a cool idea, but it is *not exit polling* (Original Post) Recursion Nov 2016 OP
Semms like a reasonable model though DeminPennswoods Nov 2016 #1
It sounds more or less like guestimating Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2016 #3
Not to be much more than guess... beachbum bob Nov 2016 #4
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