Exit polling is the weak link and the easiest to rig.

[2rth2pwr]

There is little to no standards in exit polling, the answers are compiled verbally, the people marking the clipboards can mark for any candidate they want without scrutiny.

For example, paid workers for candidate A collect exit polling data by infiltrating groups that are hired to do the work. They can get jobs as supervisors of precincts or as actual collectors of data.

They then go out and with careful analysis are instructed exactly how many votes for each candidate are needed to match desired results. Too many responses for candidate B? Easy, just use your eraser.

Where is the oversight?

[HughMoran]

1. LOL!!

There is no end to the insanity today!

Poor sports all around!

Oh. My. Fucking. God.

Question:

How did they coordinate to achieve 39-37 on both actual and exit polls then?

[2rth2pwr]

3. Two parts of the same operation

no matter what the polls said before people voted ,they can have control of both variables.

[HughMoran]

4. You believe that?

You think that the independent groups that do exit polling are somehow colluding with just one campaign?

For what possible gain?

There is no logic in your argument - argument for argument's sake is a fools errand.

[2rth2pwr]

5. You miss the beauty of it. These so called independent

groups are easily infiltrated with operatives from Campaign A's team.

Those positions pay close to minimum wage or are volunteers, very little competition to place advocates in the right places.

[Orangepeel]

8. and all of these minimum wage infiltrators can be trusted not to talk?

interesting.

[2rth2pwr]

12. They may be executives making 6 figures who take these jobs for a day. nt

[HughMoran]

13. OK, I see where this is going

Good luck! :hi:

[ronnykmarshall]

9. Reminds me of this movie!

http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/10/A70-5182

[Auggie]

2. I despise exit polling -- serves no purpose.

[Orangepeel]

6. Sure. The cheaters rigged the machines and the exit polls...

but didn't think to send out a couple of bogus pre-election polls ahead of time to quell suspicion. How can people so nefariously smart also be so stupid?

[2rth2pwr]

10. It was under control until the "wave"

there was a day or 2 that got out of their control.

[ThePhilosopher04]

16. NO...

the vote can be rigged, and the exit polls are adjusted to reflect the vote count. Doesn't have to be fraud as far the exit polls are concerned. They just assume there is no fraud and adjust to make the numbers fit. The pre-election polls are taken independently and would require massive fraud to coordinate.

[sandnsea]

7. No, exit polling is the control on elections

From what I gather, it was correct.

[suston96]

11. This is getting boring. Exit polling can be rigged? Sure. Anything can be rigged.....

...but exit polling can indicate suspicions of election rigging and is taken very seriously by voters. Seriously enough to cause uprisings.

The Ukraine - 2004. Kenya - just a week ago or so.

But not here in this country. We Americans don't really give a shit if our votes don't count or are not counted...2000....2004....

[Tarc]

14. Obamaniacs sure do love sour grapes

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner!

[2rth2pwr]

15. Your response is exactly why Kerry did not fight back. nt

[Tarc]

17. Apples and oranges for dessert, too!

As there is zero correlation between anything in 2004 and the primaries of 2008.

[2rth2pwr]

18. Kerry demurred because he would be accused of "sour grapes". nt

[Tarc]

19. Are you on something?

The difference is that there was amble evidence of irregularities on `04 Ohio. There is absolutely nothing of the sort here other than some very grumpy Obama supporters.