Exit polls

[volinbham]

What exit polls are really good for is for political consultants to get feedback from people who actually voted. What messages worked, which didn't the issues of real importance, etc. Remember after the 02 and 04 elections when the dhimmies suddenly discovered that there are voters who take their religion seriously - you'd have thought they had just found some pre-historic tribe somewhere.

I chuckled.

Anyway, all that was a result of exit polls where people pointed out that between the two parties the dhimmes seem more hostile to religious belief.

As I said before, they're snap shots for trends. It is not a final gauge of the outcome but reflects trends that could easily change. Republicans tend to vote first thing in the morning and last thing in the day. Dems typically vote in the middle. It's a gauge in changes in trends that reflect an onslaught or a close call. With very active GOTV efforts all these are good for now is letting campaigns know if they need to fill buses or make those annoying last minute phone calls.

I see their value internally but not sure why the public needs to be bombarded with them after the fact.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

I've never seen exit pollsters when I early vote (which I pretty much always do).

 

[CSpindizzy]

The exit poll results finally being released I think don't look too favorable to the Dems. To me it looks pretty evened out.

 

[cibai]

Do not, under any circumstances, believe any exit polls you hear. Just don't listen. Tell your friends not to listen.

Exit polls are always wrong, and they always favor Democrats. The are---or appear to be---designed specifically to dampen GOP turnout by creating a "why bother, it's over" kind of mood.

Don't let them get away with it

We also need to get pollwatching credentials (from any area GOP campaign), move around on Election Day from poll to poll, have cell phone in hand with the phone number of your STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS number already programmed in, digital still or video camera if possible to videotape the "perps". This will help stem the tide of fraudulent electioneering, etc. at the polls..

Don't talk about exit polls. If you hear other people talking about them, set them straight. Don't post them in forums, or on your blog, or anywhere. Don't think about them... don't even poke them with a stick.

On a similar matter: Do NOT be swayed or dismayed by early calls in ANY races. First of all, they are often wrong and have to be retracted later. Second of all---just because someone in Indiana is doing badly does not mean that someone in Arizona has to! Vote vote vote.

The early call of Florida in 2000 probably cost Bush 8000 votes in the Florida panhandle alone. Think about how many votes were NOT cast, out of despair, in every other precinct in the nation!

Other things to watch out for:
Left-wing poll watchers
and lawyers

Now stop reading news and go vote! Vote before work, if you can, instead of after. Please tell your like-minded friends to do the same. If you can, do some GOTV stuff: Make a few calls from home, or call your local GOP office and go help them out. Oh, and pray for rain!

BTW, there is more than one reason why exit polls can show different results than actual vote totals. One might be that the exit polls are correct :zeitung_lesen: