2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI am afraid of exit poles
Remember what happened 2004 with John Kerry? All the poles showed a win then suddenly 11:00PM Bush was ahead . I was devastated.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)darkangel218
(13,985 posts)tinrobot
(10,932 posts)It hurt.
MatthewStLouis
(905 posts)schrodinger_I
(706 posts)Nt
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)to place more importance on them is foolish
courseofhistory
(801 posts)David Weinberger ?@dweinberger
Obama campaign reminds us that the exit polls due at 7:30 won't reflect the MANY early votes. Unskew the exit polls! @barackobama #election
https://twitter.com/markos
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,134 posts)Exit polls should be taken with a grain of salt because they don't reflect early voting.
JeffHead
(1,186 posts)Those hip high yellow ones outside the grocery store. Run into one of those and you'll wish you didn't.
MadBadger
(24,089 posts)Smuckies
(692 posts)I think the best thing is to trust your instincts =) dont let every little number bother you. focus on the result =) youll be fine
calico1
(8,391 posts)I like pierogies.
j/k
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)rock
(13,218 posts)Exit polls have always been extremely accurate.
obamanut2012
(26,216 posts)Ick! They represent blood and bones and veins!
Sanity Claws
(21,871 posts)They're soooo big and cast such huge (hugh) shadows.
Jon Ace
(243 posts)2004's EV prediction map before the first polls closed:
http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2004/Pres/Maps/Nov07.html
This morning's/late last night's EV map:
http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2012/Pres/Maps/Nov06.html
I'm not too worried.
katmondoo
(6,458 posts)Just wanted to say I am half Polish on my mothers side. Can I use that for an excuse for my bad spelling?
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)But there ya go.
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