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Online Captain Virgil Hilts

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« on: November 07, 2006, 01:05:46 PM »
No one was talking to the exit pollers today at our precinct. They packed up and left before lunch.

Let's see how far the exit polls are from the actual results THIS year.
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« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2006, 01:15:49 PM »
I've never seen an exit poller.  If I did I'd be sure to tell them the exact oposite of how I voted.
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« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2006, 01:22:25 PM »
Screw exit polls.  They just feed the fast-food, hurry up, I-want-it-now culture.  Is 24 hours too long to wait for official vote counts?
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« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2006, 01:27:22 PM »
Exit polls are also used to judge the veracity of an election.
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« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2006, 01:44:07 PM »
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Exit polls are also used to judge the veracity of an election.


:lol :rolleyes: MKAY...
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« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2006, 01:58:44 PM »
no exit pollers at my precict this time either.
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« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2006, 02:14:09 PM »
none here .. have never seen one - ever

again it is a "poll" - an anonymous one at that

who is to say they are not at home or the bar filling them out as they like .. there is ZERO verification of the data
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« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2006, 02:35:23 PM »
i demand a recount!
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« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2006, 02:39:08 PM »
I've never seen an exit poller in 8 years of voting.  Then again, I live in a heavily Republican district.
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« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2006, 03:47:18 PM »
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:lol :rolleyes: MKAY...



No it's true.  It's a tool we've used in the free western world to determine if an election in a banana republic is ligitimate or not.

If the election results differ enough from exit polls we know that there is a good chance that the election was hinky.  We've used them for ages.  You see polling is very acturate.  It's why corporations spend a bajillion dollars on them for market research purposes.
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« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2006, 03:56:22 PM »
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 You see polling is very acturate.  It's why corporations spend a bajillion dollars on them for market research purposes.


the "new coke"? or maybe the "edsel"
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« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2006, 04:01:36 PM »
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the "new coke"? or maybe the "edsel"



Wrong question was asked.  People where asked if it tasted better, not if they would rather buy in instead of coke.  

More subtle differences than, "Who did you vote for.".  But regardless, polling does work....that's why corporations still spend so much money on it.
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« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2006, 04:34:46 PM »
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It's why corporations spend a bajillion dollars on them for market research purposes.


and depending on who is doing the marketing research where and on what, the data can be 100% falsified as there is not a name attached to it and no way to verify it ... believe me, I know, I have seen it 1st hand.
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« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2006, 05:00:35 PM »
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and depending on who is doing the marketing research where and on what, the data can be 100% falsified as there is not a name attached to it and no way to verify it ... believe me, I know, I have seen it 1st hand.


I'm sure some do this, but they just make a bit of noise in the overall picture.
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« Reply #14 on: November 07, 2006, 05:08:10 PM »
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I've never seen an exit poller in 8 years of voting.  Then again, I live in a heavily Republican district.


Was just talking abut this with people I know this past week
In 27 years of voting I've never seen an exit poller in any township I've every lived in.
Nobody I know has ever seen one either.
And of the people I know. they havent had anyone they know tell them they have ever seen one.

This time I really wish I had.
I had two distinct priviledges today. (Voting is s right not a priviledge)
First and formost
At his request
I took my son to vote his very first time.
Was pretty cool to see how exited he was about it

Second. And the reason I wished I came across an exit poller
I penciled my sons name in for one of the congrassional seats.
Rather then cast a vote for either of the two yo yos running whom after almost a year of  running still havvent said what either of them were about.
So I voted for the person I thought would do the best job.
Next to me. That happens to be my son.
and it was the next best thing from abstaining out of disgust

Wasted vote. Perhaps.
Making a mockery of the election?
The two running already did that long before I ever cast my ballot
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