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jillan

(39,451 posts)
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 12:26 AM Mar 2016

Holy shit. Look at this. CBS scrubbed the Az exit polls from their website.

http://www.cbsnews.com/elections/2016/primaries/democrat/arizona/exit/

Read the link.
Then click on it.

There is a thread below about how there were no exit polls from Az, and there was.
I went to find them & instead found this.

Bernie was leading in the exit polls. But - caution before you put on your tinfoil hats it makes sense.
Lots of retirees in Az would have sent in early ballots = Hillary supporters.
Working class & college students head to the polls. And people like me that don't trust Az to count the early ballots.

Edit to add - I tested this - I changed Az to Michigan. That is STILL there.
http://www.cbsnews.com/elections/2016/primaries/democrat/michigan/exit/

I think I need to get this out on twitter.....
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Holy shit. Look at this. CBS scrubbed the Az exit polls from their website. (Original Post) jillan Mar 2016 OP
Exit polls are dangerous to some Hydra Mar 2016 #1
When people don't trust the government, they go to the polls. Binkie The Clown Mar 2016 #2
They go to the street. Downwinder Mar 2016 #4
All the exit polls I've seen and heard of from AZ are running about 63% Bernie/ 32% Hillary/ Lorien Mar 2016 #3
I wonder, is DWS muttering to herself "Oh shit, they're going to catch us this time!"? n/t Binkie The Clown Mar 2016 #5
That is completely out of line. Results are invalid. Do it over, and do it right. highprincipleswork Mar 2016 #6
I spoke with somebody about that yesterday and they made a good point jillan Mar 2016 #8
k&r tk2kewl Mar 2016 #7

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
1. Exit polls are dangerous to some
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 12:37 AM
Mar 2016

The numbers in them ask hard questions when the official ones stray too far from them.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
2. When people don't trust the government, they go to the polls.
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 12:56 AM
Mar 2016

What happens when they don't trust the election process itself?

Look at history for an answer.

Lorien

(31,935 posts)
3. All the exit polls I've seen and heard of from AZ are running about 63% Bernie/ 32% Hillary/
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 12:59 AM
Mar 2016

5% other, which isn't far off from the Utah and Idaho results. They need to either have a new primary or cast out the results from the entire state, and their delegates with them. Democracy should not be this messy and corrupt.

jillan

(39,451 posts)
8. I spoke with somebody about that yesterday and they made a good point
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 10:34 AM
Mar 2016

There are a lot of things that need to be fixed before that could happen.

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