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Related: About this forumCNN keeps announcing that exit polls are "coming up next"
But I thought they couldn't be reported till the polls closed -- which is 7 pm Eastern at the earliest.
So does "coming up" mean "in a hour and a half"?
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CNN keeps announcing that exit polls are "coming up next" (Original Post)
pnwmom
Nov 2012
OP
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)1. Here's a story about how the numbers are reported
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/05/2012-election-night_n_2078385.html?utm_hp_ref=the-backstory
NEW YORK -- At 11 a.m. Tuesday, representatives from five TV networks and the Associated Press will head into the "quarantine room," an undisclosed location with no cell phone or Internet access.
That's where the National Election Pool -- ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox and the AP -- start sifting through exit poll data provided by Edison Research. Six hours later, staffers will be permitted to start sending data to their respective news organizations, while additional exit polls, especially on the West Coast, keep coming in. While news outlets can begin reporting after 5 p.m. on some general trends they have observed in exit polls, such as whether voters consider the economy the most important issue in the 2012 election, they're not permitted to publish or broadcast any information that suggests which way a state is leaning until its polls close and actual vote numbers start streaming in.
NEW YORK -- At 11 a.m. Tuesday, representatives from five TV networks and the Associated Press will head into the "quarantine room," an undisclosed location with no cell phone or Internet access.
That's where the National Election Pool -- ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox and the AP -- start sifting through exit poll data provided by Edison Research. Six hours later, staffers will be permitted to start sending data to their respective news organizations, while additional exit polls, especially on the West Coast, keep coming in. While news outlets can begin reporting after 5 p.m. on some general trends they have observed in exit polls, such as whether voters consider the economy the most important issue in the 2012 election, they're not permitted to publish or broadcast any information that suggests which way a state is leaning until its polls close and actual vote numbers start streaming in.
musicblind
(4,484 posts)2. Their countdown clock 'claims' that the first polls close at 6 pm
but I don't know what they are talking about?
DrToast
(6,414 posts)3. Just a bunch of crap like "top issues" for now
No good stuff until later.
have been teasing it for an hour now. with nothing to report. freakin Wolf Blitzer and John King....keepin us on the hook.
doublethink
(6,823 posts)5. WHATEVER THEY REPORT ...
TEXT TO YOUR FRIENDS, RELATIVES ETC... TO GO VOTE, WHEREVER THEY ARE !!! END OF MESSAGE.
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)6. CNN is garbage, just like Fox 'news'.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)7. Parts of the states of Indiana and Kentucky close in 15 mins
Indiana (EST) *A - 6:00p EST
Kentucky (EST) *A - 6:00p EST
Polling places in states that span multiple time zones will close either synchronously or asynchronously.
(Note *S) With synchronized closing, all the polls close at the same GMT/UTC time. For states with multiple time zones-- when polls close in the advanced local time zone, they will close one hour earlier in the lagging local time zone.
(Note *A) With asynchronous closing, the polls close at different GMT/UTC times in different parts of the state. Media outlets might decide to declare a winner before all the polls have closed.
(Note *S) With synchronized closing, all the polls close at the same GMT/UTC time. For states with multiple time zones-- when polls close in the advanced local time zone, they will close one hour earlier in the lagging local time zone.
(Note *A) With asynchronous closing, the polls close at different GMT/UTC times in different parts of the state. Media outlets might decide to declare a winner before all the polls have closed.
Indiana General Election: Polls close asynchronously at 6:00p EST (2300 UTC) / 6:00p CST (0000 UTC). Although a portion of this state is in CT, the majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated ET when the networks feel they can project.
Kentucky General Election: Polls close asynchronously at 6:00p EST (2300 UTC) / 6:00p CST (0000 UTC). Poll closing time could be rather problematic in KENTUCKY. A large chunk of the state is in Central Time [but the networks consider that "most of the polls have closed" in KENTUCKY by 6 PM Eastern Time and so, if they can, project at the same time they project INDIANA]. Central Time voters in KENTUCKY may note the networks' willingness/eagerness to project a winner as early as 6 PM Eastern Time.
www.thegreenpapers.com/G12/closing.phtml?format=gc