Help. Can't find exit polls for the primaries today.

DissentIsPatriotic

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Tue Feb-05-08 01:25 PM
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Help. Can't find exit polls for the primaries today.

Can anyone recommend a site where I might find them? Thank you.

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demokatgurrl

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Tue Feb-05-08 01:26 PM
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1. I think it's too early.

Sometime back the MSM agreed not to release them before polls closed. Of course, that means they'll probably start releasing them the minute East Cost polls close.

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DissentIsPatriotic

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Tue Feb-05-08 01:28 PM
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3. Thanks so much! I checked CNN and there link to exit polls

just takes you right back to the main "Election Center."

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propol

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Tue Feb-05-08 01:29 PM
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5. Talkingpointsmemo.com

Josh Marshall usually does a good job of getting the first numbers mid to late afternoon

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LisaM

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Tue Feb-05-08 01:27 PM
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2. It's wayyyyyy too early

You must have election ADD!

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DissentIsPatriotic

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Tue Feb-05-08 01:28 PM
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4. I do!!!!

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RoadRage

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Tue Feb-05-08 01:32 PM
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6. Won't start until about 7 or 8pm.. after polls close..

they don't want people to be influenced by exit poll numbers and not show up to vote.

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propol

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Tue Feb-05-08 01:38 PM
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8. they will still get out anyway

but watch out, the first ones are usually fluid

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Iwasthere

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Tue Feb-05-08 01:35 PM
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7. years ago the exit polls came in earlier

But also the exit polls have always been extremely accurate (till the last 8 years , hmmm, and this gets very little attention imo

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applegrove

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Tue Feb-05-08 01:40 PM
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9. I think they will never release exit polls early ... after 2004. Don't want

to influence the vote.

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Lucinda

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Tue Feb-05-08 01:49 PM
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10. CNN will have them once the polls close here:

http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/

Just select the state you want to check...they will be be under the candidate vote counts on the left when available

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Perky

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Tue Feb-05-08 01:50 PM
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11. Yo will not see them until each poll closes.

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VolcanoJen

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Tue Feb-05-08 01:53 PM
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12. I would say around 6:30 pm, the networks will start talking exit polls.

They'll begin with gender, age and race, highlighting which groups were "won" by the respective candidates.

Then once it's 7:00, they'll start making their projections on the early states, and they'll dig deeper into those exit polls. But around 6:30, look for the initial stuff to come online; the "identity" section of exit polls can really give you an idea of how the night is shaping up.

I'd read that on the day of the South Carolina Primary, the network folks knew it was a rout by about 3:00 p.m. and were just itching to come on the air and tell everyone.

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propol

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Tue Feb-05-08 01:54 PM
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13. they usually leak way before that...

I'm guessing 4PM Eastern

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