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former9thward

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41. Everyone attacks exit polls when it doesn't give them a number they agree with.
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 02:58 PM
Nov 2020

What is the better number? The fact is the exit polling is NOT done by someone standing outside a voting precinct. It is done by calling a sample of people who have already voted -- which would include early votes and mail votes. It is not perfect but I want to know what the better number is and where THAT came from.

Nope Lotusflower70 Nov 2020 #1
Where is that number from? 58Sunliner Nov 2020 #2
Good question. smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #51
I may know one out of 9 white women who voted for him 58Sunliner Nov 2020 #67
Here Marius25 Nov 2020 #57
I don't trust exit polling because they don't show how they get their numbers, or where. 58Sunliner Nov 2020 #66
Having looked at total voting, @ 67%, accounting for race, your assertion is inaccurate. 58Sunliner Nov 2020 #68
Afraid they're gonna lose THEIR place at the table? GeorgeGist Nov 2020 #3
I've heard about that poll but need to see other polling with similar stats. I don't see white women uponit7771 Nov 2020 #4
This is a fallacy based on exit polls. it means 55% of white women who voted on Election Day Squinch Nov 2020 #5
Which makes sense. I wanna know how many hundreds of thousands or MILLIONS Eliot Rosewater Nov 2020 #7
Scary how much damage he did quickly RANDYWILDMAN Nov 2020 #44
Thank you. cwydro Nov 2020 #14
No. The exit polling data includes early voters. Drunken Irishman Nov 2020 #45
Got a link for that? Squinch Nov 2020 #48
Yes. Drunken Irishman Nov 2020 #49
I stand corrected. Sadly. Squinch Nov 2020 #52
I'm still skeptical of their accuracy, though. Drunken Irishman Nov 2020 #53
That definitely makes more sense peggysue2 Nov 2020 #47
Not this white woman and not any of the white women I work with. onecaliberal Nov 2020 #6
It depends where you live, I guess. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #15
I'm in Devin Nunes CA22 it's red here. I don't understand the appeal onecaliberal Nov 2020 #24
I feel the same way. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #28
Back at you. onecaliberal Nov 2020 #46
Not this white woman either... electric_blue68 Nov 2020 #55
They are most comfortable with their abusers SheltieLover Nov 2020 #8
White evangelicals, mostly. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #9
I think his support Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #10
They are willing to ignore their own oppression if they can keep their racism. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #11
Spot On MOMFUDSKI Nov 2020 #38
Wait for something more comprehensive that includes treestar Nov 2020 #12
White women are willing partners in maintaining the patriarchy SoonerPride Nov 2020 #13
When is the last time exit polls were right? Autumn Nov 2020 #16
The exits could be wrong. However, consider that jrthin Nov 2020 #21
Yep, the Trump voters came from somewhere! Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #25
all I know is llashram Nov 2020 #17
I have said, who do you think ironed/irons and cleaned/cleans jrthin Nov 2020 #18
No need to doubt what we... UncleTomsEvilBrother Nov 2020 #19
Stupidity has no gender bias. That said, an even higher percentage of white men did the same. nt Binkie The Clown Nov 2020 #20
Racism and abortion Edwcraig Nov 2020 #22
Because some people don't recognize fascism CornbreadJohnson Nov 2020 #23
Same reason 50% of the anti-choice movement are women Azathoth Nov 2020 #26
Not every woman is smart. nt Boogiemack Nov 2020 #27
Yep. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #36
Social issues must not be much of a priority for them Amishman Nov 2020 #29
I would put money on abortion being the #1 issue mathematic Nov 2020 #54
70% of Americans want abortion legal though. Marius25 Nov 2020 #60
White non college woman voted mostly, biden did get college educated white women FloridaBlues Nov 2020 #30
At the behest of their lord husbands? soothsayer Nov 2020 #31
I think the 2020 exit poll should not be trusted standingtall Nov 2020 #32
CNN was close in '16 with the popular vote margin. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #35
I'm not buying this number. smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #33
this. nt Baltimike Nov 2020 #40
Everyone attacks exit polls when it doesn't give them a number they agree with. former9thward Nov 2020 #41
Still not buying it. smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #50
In my very white suburban district in RED Ohio KentuckyWoman Nov 2020 #34
They lied. They voted for their own White Supremacy Rice4VP Nov 2020 #37
We don't know this dsc Nov 2020 #39
I voted early (white woman). dawg day Nov 2020 #42
Where'd ya go, Marius 25? DUers are replying to you. SMC22307 Nov 2020 #43
I'm reading people's posts. Marius25 Nov 2020 #58
LOL... SMC22307 Nov 2020 #59
The actual numbers are probably 51-52 percent JI7 Nov 2020 #56
Protests, rioting and looting Snake Plissken Nov 2020 #61
A lot of those rioters and looters were Marius25 Nov 2020 #63
It's not an argument, it is what I saw with my own eyes Snake Plissken Nov 2020 #65
Lots of stupid people and lots of racist propaganda on hate radio, Fox "News," etc. Yeehah Nov 2020 #62
How did ANYBODY vote for Trump? Read today's Letters page in the LA Times... Hekate Nov 2020 #64
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