Slog - Comments on About Those Exit Polls

Comment by DavidC

DavidC — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:58:57 -0800

8% reporting in Kentucky - Lundsford is up by three points!

Jessica — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:02:43 -0800

CNN has Obama with 3 electoral votes/48% and McCain with 8/51%, but their main story says polls close in a few minutes. WTF?

Levislade — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:08:12 -0800

Seriously, just stop talking about the exit polls. Ignore them. They are (worse than) meaningless.

flamingbanjo — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:09:25 -0800

You mean the original CNN exit polls that showed Kerry winning? Or the revised ones they changed during the night to reflect the announced results?

scotlanded — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:27:09 -0800

Dems/libs are more likely to respond to exit polls. The entire 'exit poll' system is a statistical nightmare.

flamingbanjo — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:04:21 -0800

@5:

Dems/libs are more likely to respond to exit polls.

A popular conclusion supported mainly by the discrepancies between exit polls in the last two elections. When Bush was running.

Yes that's right. Polls favor Democrats. That's by far the most rational explanation.