have the exit poll results from the 2002 election ever been released?

[OneBlueSky]

at one time -- probably a year ago or so -- I recall reading that the exit poll results from the 2002 elections would be released . . . does anyone know if this ever happened and, if so, where one might find this information? . . .

and does anyone know what arrangements are being made for exit polling in the presidential election this year? . . . specifically, who will be doing it, if anyone? . . .

my increased interest in this stems from my having just read the Bev Harris/BBV article in the April Vanity Fair . . . I've never believed that Max Cleland lost his Senate seat fair and square, and this article just confirmed my suspicions:

"In Georgia, which in the fall of 2002 became the first state to replace all its voting machines with DRE's (Direct Recording Electronic), a poll in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution put Democratic incumbent five points ahead of his Republican challenger, Saxby Chambliss, two days before the election. Yet Chambliss won by 7 percent: a 12-point shift in 48 hours."

and further on in the article:

"Besides Cleland's surprise loss that November, Democratic governor Roy Barnes lost to Republican challenger Sonny Perdue: the first time in 134 years a Republican had won the governor's seat. An Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll had shown Barnes leading Perdue by 11 points two days before the election."

as we all know, one of the big surprises of the 2002 election was the decision to not release the exit polling results . . . which leads one to believe that they were likely in stark contrast to what was recorded by the voting machines . . . and since exit polling has been remarkably accurate in election after election over many years, any discrepency would send up huge red flags . . . so I'd really like to know just what those exit polls had to say, especially in places like Georgia . . .

I'd also like to know what provisions have been or are being made for exit polling this year . . . because if what seems to have happened in Georgia in 2002 actually did happen, then we know not only that elections could be fixed with BBV, but they actually were fixed, with absolutely no traces and no repercussions . . . and if they got away with it once (or, more likely, many times), there's sure as hell nothing to prevent them from doing it again, particularly with the presidency on the line . . .

but even if there is exit polling this year, it has absolutely no legal standing as far as election outcomes are concerned . . . if an exit poll is at odds with the recorded results, there is no legal recourse based on the polling results . . . BushCo would just say "The polls were wrong," and that would be that . . . because without a paper trail, there could also be no recount independent of the electronic voting machines . . .

although the issue is getting some much needed press lately, I'm betting that the Republican Congress will not pass the legislation that Hillary is sponsoring to require an auditable paper trail in federal elections . . . and if that's the case come November, there is absolutely no incentive for BushCo not to cheat . . . because there's absolutely no way they can get caught . . . and that, more than anything, is what scares me about our chances in November . . .

[swinney]

1. Last minute changes were common in 2002 election

Leading by 15 one day and lost the next.

In Texas votes for three different offices in one county gave GOP candidates exact number of votes.

Coincidence? You kidding?

[nostamj]

2. you (like me) probably want a state-by-state count but...

here's VNS exit poll data for 2000:

http://www.udel.edu/poscir/road/course/exitpollsindex.html

[OneBlueSky]

3. you're right . . . this stuff is meaningless . . .

since it's the state totals that count (for electors) . . . we'll probably never know what the Georgia exit polls showed . . .

[DeepModem Mom]

4. kick