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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:08 PM
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There Will Be NO Exit Polls Today!
Edited on Tue Jan-19-10 02:13 PM by WeDidIt
Yep, you heard that right.

There will be NO exit polls today.

The consortium that does them never sets them up for special elections expected to be a blowout and by the time this race went into play, it was too late to develop a methodology.

So again, there will be NO exit polls today.

Any site reporting exit polling data today is blatantly lying.
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:09 PM
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1. Scary...
Any way you sliced this one... scary as all hell.
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:11 PM
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2. At least there won't be the election day early release of raw data
that gets people's hopes up and then dashes them later when the real results come in.
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:14 PM
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3. No exit polls...Diebold machines...20 point last week turnaround...High voter turnout...
Yeah...A Brown win is going to be a hard sell. Sorry.....
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Blasphemer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:14 PM
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4. Wow
I was hoping we'd at least be able to find out WHY people voted as they did. I hate that all we're going to have is speculation. Not to mention the Diebold issues. As much as the status quo generally annoys me, I've never wanted it more than I do today. I'm still hoping for a comfortable Coakley victory.
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:16 PM
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8. You won't have the breakaway music and the pundits calling the race
early after polls close, either.

They gotta wait for the results like everybody else.
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arthritisR_US Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:14 PM
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5. this is not good news to me :(. n/t
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:16 PM
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6. They had nothing to base their model on....
The shift from a ho hum special election to the very nexus of tea baggers vs. the Dems is unprecidented.

As someone who has dabbled in polling, I would never wade into this mess.
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:19 PM
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9. But you can still expect somebody to push having "exit poll" data
showing a blowout one way or the other trying to depress the turnout.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:16 PM
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7. That, along with Diebold machines and Coakley's 16-point drop in a week
smells really bad.
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Blue Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:20 PM
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10. Someone's desperately trying to steal it
And which party seems especially desperate lately?

Oh yeah -- the smoldering shitheap called the GOP.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:21 PM
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11. So how soon will you know the results after the polls close? n/t
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:24 PM
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13. It could take all night
and even longer, depending upon how close it is.
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leftygolfer Donating Member (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:21 PM
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12. we're barely halfway done voting
Let's work on the massive afternoon push to get our side to the polls. I hear it's a dead heat. every call matters!
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:29 PM
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15. Here's what we can all do RIGHT NOW
Here's what we can all do RIGHT NOW
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4229856&mesg_id=4231550
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theothersnippywshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:26 PM
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14. The campaigns likely will be doing their own exit polling.
But even if those results are leaked they would be unreliable. Particularly since the motivation for any leak might be questionable.
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:43 PM
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16. Rush Limbaugh just said Rasmussen will be doing exit polling
Yes, the blowhard actually said that on his radio show.

Rush Limbaugh lies a fucking lot, too.

There will be NO exit polls today.
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iceman66 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:45 PM
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17. Why am I not surprised?
The whole thing is extremely fishy.
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:46 PM
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18. Do you have a source?
Link? Thanks.
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Shrek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:52 PM
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19. Link
It's the WSJ, so take it FWIW.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703837004575013111682315540.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_MIDDLETopOpinion
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-19-10 02:58 PM
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20. Thanks.
I would imagine MSM will be doing their own unofficial polls.

Close race, Diebold, no official exit Polls. Not good.
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