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2016 Postmortem

wishstar

(5,268 posts)

7. Some official pollsters ask early voters about their party affiliation and who they voted for

Reply to MagickMuffin (Original post)

Thu Oct 27, 2016, 04:59 PM

Oct 2016

Several of the polls ask for party affiliation of all respondents and who they are voting for, and get a pretty good idea how many Dems will vote for Trump and how many Repubs will vote Clinton.

But it is inexact and just informed guesswork at this point

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How Does Everyone KNOW How People Are Voting In The Early Elections??? [View all] MagickMuffin Oct 2016 OP

DU doesn't alcibiades_mystery Oct 2016 #1

Thanks! I was wondering about that on MSM too, this cleared it up for me! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2016 #3

I work the General Elections as the Alternate Judge MagickMuffin Oct 2016 #6

Party affiliation of voters is a proxy for voter preferences. Xipe Totec Oct 2016 #2

By using math jberryhill Oct 2016 #4

We don't; elleng Oct 2016 #5

If I may add... sofa king Oct 2016 #8

Some official pollsters ask early voters about their party affiliation and who they voted for wishstar Oct 2016 #7

There are two ways Gothmog Oct 2016 #9

Thanks for sharing! Tarrant County Precinct Chair here };¬) MagickMuffin Oct 2016 #10

I am helping run voter protection statewide Gothmog Oct 2016 #11

Hubby had an issue yesterday at his polling location in Keller MagickMuffin Oct 2016 #13

Please call this into the hotline - 1-844-TXVOTES Gothmog Oct 2016 #15

I can call tomorrow MagickMuffin Oct 2016 #16

Who says DU know how the people are voting? LisaL Oct 2016 #12

Assumptions off limited releases. Look at this link for an example. NCTraveler Oct 2016 #14