I got my "I voted sticker"

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You don't like exit polls because they are good at pointing out fraud. Bush stole two elections in a row and the exit polls were CORRECT.

In every state that did NOT have the electronic voting machines... the exit polls were PERFECT.

The states with the Diebold machines had wildly out of sync exit polls.

If you can't figure that out, you are either brain damaged or just another douchenozzle liar republican.
 

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I voted two weeks ago Monday and not only was there no line, no one asked me any questions when I left.:confused:

Gee, no wonder we black folks feel so disenfranchised. :frown1::tongue:

:biggrin1: This is sarcasm folks.
 

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You don't like exit polls because they are good at pointing out fraud. Bush stole two elections in a row and the exit polls were CORRECT.

In every state that did NOT have the electronic voting machines... the exit polls were PERFECT.

The states with the Diebold machines had wildly out of sync exit polls.

If you can't figure that out, you are either brain damaged or just another douchenozzle liar republican.

Riiiight, that's why I don't like exit polls. Exit polls prove nothing, people do not have to be honest when filling them out. They are not absolute, and are just for media outlets giving them something to report. With them being open to error they cause more controversy than don't.

You speak like Democrats have never practiced voter fraud, give it a rest. People that have blinders on and refuse to look at the same mistakes their "party" and speak to them loses credibility. Both parties are corrupt and people in either party that cast stones without looking in their own house is very closed minded. You really need to relax and understand if someone makes a comment doesn't mean they are on one side of the fence or the other. For your information, the people I have voted for president since 92' have not won. So you fail in guessing where my vote lies.

I voted two weeks ago Monday and not only was there no line, no one asked me any questions when I left.:confused:

Gee, no wonder we black folks feel so disenfranchised. :frown1::tongue::biggrin1: folks.

What's funny is that exit polls were only ran in certain districts in my area. It seemed as if a certain "demographic" was being sought out from what I saw.
 

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You don't like exit polls because they are good at pointing out fraud. Bush stole two elections in a row and the exit polls were CORRECT.
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If you can't figure that out, you are either brain damaged or just another douchenozzle liar republican.

Tripod, I don't know what you're getting bent out of shape over here.

Wartrac is expressing his dislike over having someone in his face not two seconds after stepping out the door. Why must you assume there is an agenda in that?
 

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Riiiight, that's why I don't like exit polls. Exit polls prove nothing, people do not have to be honest when filling them out. They are not absolute, and are just for media outlets giving them something to report. With them being open to error they cause more controversy than don't.

Why in the hell would anyone lie to an exit poll? It makes no sense at all. What does make sense is that the exit polls are one of the only SAFEGUARDS in our voting system. They work.

You speak like Democrats have never practiced voter fraud, give it a rest. People that have blinders on and refuse to look at the same mistakes their "party" and speak to them loses credibility. Both parties are corrupt and people in either party that cast stones without looking in their own house is very closed minded. You really need to relax and understand if someone makes a comment doesn't mean they are on one side of the fence or the other. For your information, the people I have voted for president since 92' have not won. So you fail in guessing where my vote lies.

Well, that's very interesting Wartrac, seeing that I am the king of generalizations, I can get it wrong sometimes.

That said, we don't have a problem with voter fraud in this country... we just DON'T!!!

We DO however have a problem with the republicans committing election fraud.

Only 17 people were convicted of voter fraud in the U.S. between 2002 and 2005... and that was under Bush and Co's reign of power.

yet

Thousands of Democrats were disenfranchised out of their vote in 2004.

Voter fraud is just a lame and endless talking point for the conservative blogs and radio dj's to whip up Republicans into believing that Democrats are trying to steal the election. As a Democrat, I don't want to win something if it was won unfairly, it is against my personal beliefs and morals.

What's funny is that exit polls were only ran in certain districts in my area. It seemed as if a certain "demographic" was being sought out from what I saw.

Well, they can't put an exit pollster in every precinct in the country, they have to choose their battles wisely.
 

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i voted this morn....no line..no exit polls...used the electronic ballot...no problem...i am a bit confused why we spend the extra money to vote early...i see no reason to offer such...either show up or do not...the small differnce would not affect the outcome...the extra money spent could be used more wisely...GLAD IT IS OVER IN OHIO...
 

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Why in the hell would anyone lie to an exit poll? It makes no sense at all. What does make sense is that the exit polls are one of the only SAFEGUARDS in our voting system. They work.

Because a lot of people don't like the idea of exit polls. It's not like I'm alone on this. In my little "circle" of friends etc, none of us provide accurate information regarding exit polls. They are hired by media outlets, they are not doing this for "verifying votes" they do it for ratings.

Some countries have made this practice illegal, I think we should follow. At the minimum, make the results of exit polls witheld until ALL THE POLLS are closed. There is NO reason at all to release this information while the polls are open. Keep your polls, just keep the information gathered sealed until polls are closed and everyone has had a chance to vote.


We DO however have a problem with the republicans committing election fraud.


You're going to tell me that Democrats have never committed fraud?

Or how about just moving the goal posts and trying to change things to fit their needs.

The Gore team wanting to toss out some of the Military absentee votes because they lacked proper postage? One side of their mouth "every vote should count" and then the other "only if it has a stamp on it".

Thousands of Democrats were disenfranchised out of their vote in 2004.

As did people in the Military being told their vote may not count.

Well, they can't put an exit pollster in every precinct in the country, they have to choose their battles wisely.

Kinda my point, by not getting accurate absolute data on every voter, exit polls prove nothing if they only get less then half the districts.
 
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People tend to be politically correct when answering oral questions, unlike what they do in the privacy of the voting booth.

I always lie at exit polls because, frankly, I don't think they should be allowed.
 

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No exit pollers here either. In and out for me...

As for exit pollers. While they may be a "check" against voter fraud.... there has yet to be any confirmed charges being brought up by any of the past voter fraud cases due to their data, has there? (Edit: Because people can and do lie as Pecker said he does above, plus many other people)

So as it seems to me, as of right now, they are just a nuisance.

BTW, I love the Arizona voter card. None of this "hanging chad" BS. None of this "Black Box" BS either. Just connect the arrow next to who you want to vote for.
TWO arrows = no vote
NO arrows = no vote
ONE arrow = vote
NO questions.... and the voter cards are retained... (Edit: paper trail!)
Sample ballot for me here.... wish everyone had one like this.
 
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I voted two weeks ago Monday and not only was there no line, no one asked me any questions when I left.:confused:

Gee, no wonder we black folks feel so disenfranchised. :frown1::tongue:

:biggrin1: This is sarcasm folks.

hmmm...I've never been polled after voting...EVER...:hmmm:
 
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:( I am denied a cup of coffee because it is illegal to compensate voters here.

That ain't fair. I just voted and got a little round sticker for my shirt. I then went to Starbucks and ordered a tall Pike's...and it was handed to me with a smile by a cute little blond girl who said "Thank you, no charge!".

Life is good. :biggrin1:

*Sips free coffee*
 

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ill put an end to this. some dont want to be yelled at that they are racist.....

from drudge:



McCAIN CAMPAIGN MEMO: READING THE EXIT POLLS
BILL McINTURFF, INTERNAL POLLSTER
Mon Nov 03 2008 16:53:14 ET

As we have seen in previous election cycles, the exit poll results do leak early and that ends up influencing the coverage of the race before even the first state polls close at 6:00 PM Eastern.

However, we want to remind the campaign that the media’s own post-election study of the exit polls in 2004 showed that the exit polls overstate the Democratic candidate’s support. Therefore, we would discourage a rush to judgment based on the exit polls and wait until there has been a representative sampling of actual tabulated results from a variety of counties and precincts in a state.

Here are the key points to keep in mind when the exit poll data starts being leaked:

1. Historically, exit polls have tended to overstate the Democratic vote.

2. The exit polls are likely to overstate the Obama vote because Obama voters are more likely to participate in the exit poll.

3. The exit polls have tended to skew most Democratic in years where there is high turnout and high vote interest like in 1992 and 2004.

4. It is not just the national exit poll that skews Democratic, but each of the state exit polls also suffers from the same Democratic leanings.

5. The results of the exit polls are also influenced by the demographics of the voters who conduct the exit polls.

After the 2004 election, the National Election Pool completed a study investigating why the exit polls that year showed John Kerry over performing 5.5 net points better than the actual results showed him to have done. Their conclusion was that the primary reason the exit polls was that Kerry voters and Democrats were more likely to participate in the exit polls.

“Our investigation of the differences between the exit poll estimates and the actual vote count point to one primary reason: in a number of precincts a higher than average Within Precinct Error most likely due to Kerry voters participating in the exit polls at a higher rate than Bush voters. There has been partisan overstatements in previous elections, more often overstating the Democrat, but occasionally overstating the Republican.

We believe that this will hold true this year. The recent Fox News survey showed that 46% of Obama voters said they were very likely to participate in the exit polls, while just 35% of McCain supporters are.

In fact, even the 2004 exit poll report noted that higher turnout nationally and higher levels of voter interest in both 1992 and 2004 correlated with greater Within Precinct Error.

The overstating of the Democratic vote did not only occur in the national exit polls, but also occurred in the state exit polls. The 2004 exit poll report cited that the Kerry vote was overstated by more than one standard error in 26 states, while the Bush vote was overstated in just four states. So we should also expect the individual state exit polls on Tuesday to be more Democratic as well.

So given that turnout is expected to be even higher than 2004 and that Democrats are more likely to participate in the exit polls, this means we should expect greater fluctuation and variation in the exit polls from the actual election results.

The 2004 exit poll report also showed that the greatest error in the exit poll came in precincts where the interviewer was younger. The completion rates were lower and the refusal rates and Within Precinct Error was higher when the interviewers were under the age of 35.[6] Complicating this is that nearly half the interviewers were under the age of 35, including 35% who were 18-24 and another 15% were 25-34.

Conclusions

Based on the previous exit poll results, we should expect once again that Tuesday’s exit poll data could overstate the Obama vote and under represent the McCain vote.

It is important that the campaign make sure the media realizes this, so that when the exit polls do leak, people do not overreact to the early exit poll data. Rather than looking at the exit polls, we should wait until we start seeing actual election results from key precincts and counties to gauge who won the election.
 

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