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cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 09:19 PM Mar 2014

So much for those Exit Polls in Crimea

Exit polling 93%, but now Russia says the total was 97%.

I don't know who was running these exit polls, but they obviously failed to capture the full extent of support for becoming part of Russia.

That kind of discrepancy in exit polls can shake the populace's confidence in elections.

[font color=green]this post is meant to be ironic. And I have no reason to doubt that the majority people living in Crimea would have voted to break away from Ukraine if everyone had voted. It's just kind of amusing... the need to claim practical unanimity.[/font color]

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So much for those Exit Polls in Crimea (Original Post) cthulu2016 Mar 2014 OP
Better to just do away with exit polls Fumesucker Mar 2014 #1
How interesting. dipsydoodle Mar 2014 #2
Why in the hell are DUers worried about bigdarryl Mar 2014 #3
It seems main topics of interest here generally follow mainstream news. Incitatus Mar 2014 #4

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
1. Better to just do away with exit polls
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 09:21 PM
Mar 2014

All they do is cause trouble when they don't align with the official count.

 

bigdarryl

(13,190 posts)
3. Why in the hell are DUers worried about
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 09:24 PM
Mar 2014

How Crimea is voting when the Democratic Party is so passive about the upcoming 2014 midterms.Just boggles the mind

Incitatus

(5,317 posts)
4. It seems main topics of interest here generally follow mainstream news.
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 09:42 PM
Mar 2014

And the MSM is covering that election more than election issues here. Not that we shouldn't also be concerned about affairs outside of our country as they can possibly affect us, just an observation. We tend to discuss what the corporate media feeds the masses.

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