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spooked911 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:27 PM
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I'm curious-- did any of you get exit polled or even SEE an exit poller
on Nov. 2?

I posted this:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x265244

And this thread came up later:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=265998#266982

It seems there is some question about how "real" the exit polls were.

If the exit polls were fakes based on pre-election polling it might explain some things.

Any out there with first-hand info on the polls, please let us know!
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Goldeneye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:29 PM
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1. Someone asked this before
Edited on Fri Jan-07-05 11:10 PM by Goldeneye
and there was 1 duer who had been exit polled.
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TruthIsAll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:59 PM
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15. 13,000 OUT OF 120 MILLION = 1 OUT OF 9231
There are 60000+ DUers from Day One, many of whom are now gone.

How many do you think read your post?

If 60,000 did, we could expect around 9 to have been exit polled.

More likely, at most 1000 or so read your post.

So 1 out of 1000 is a lot.
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Goldeneye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 11:10 PM
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18. It wasn't my post,
Edited on Fri Jan-07-05 11:11 PM by Goldeneye
and I bet even fewer than 1000 people saw it.
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truthseeker1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:32 PM
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2. nope.
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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:32 PM
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3. i did
took the poll, too
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spooked911 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:43 PM
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8. All right-- thanks!
what state do you live in?
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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:46 PM
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10. Florida, sadly, but not for long
going to new mexico
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Stand and Fight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:35 PM
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4. Nope... Not I. n/t
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:36 PM
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5. nope.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:36 PM
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6. Negative n/t
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Fiona Donating Member (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:36 PM
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7. No
but that's not unusual. 100,000,000 people voted. I doubt they exit-polled more than 100,000 people (and probably less) - about one in one thousand.

There are, at most, 60,000 DUers (probably more like 20-30k active members, and only a few thousand who will see this post).

But even if ALL DUers saw this, the DU population is .0006% of all voters.

I read people on FreeRepublic complain all the time that "they've never been polled, so therefore polls are bullshit." It's not true. It's just a misunderstanding of the numbers involved.

I've been polled a few times. I think I read that most people are likely to be polled about once every 10 years.
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spooked911 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:46 PM
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11. You're right-- if no one said they had been polled that wouldn't mean much
But----- we have a winner! Someone here says they were polled! So, we can rest a little easier now.
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demo dutch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:45 PM
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9. No and and tons I talked to weren't and didn't either & we live in FL!
Edited on Fri Jan-07-05 10:46 PM by demo dutch
So go figure!
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:47 PM
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12. no in illinois
but we had paper trails and our exit polls (even tho i wasn't polled) matched our final vote tally
AND WE'RE BLUE!!
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Zenlitened Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:53 PM
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13. Yes in Massachusetts. - n/t
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gaia_gardener Donating Member (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:57 PM
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14. No in OK, but you can't expect them to mess
with polling in that state (although they did push poll heavily).
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:59 PM
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16. I got POLED by Dick Cheney**...
Edited on Fri Jan-07-05 11:00 PM by ClassWarrior
Ohhhh... you said POLLED...

<LOL>

NGU.


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KaliTracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 11:01 PM
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17. nope. in West Chester Ohio at 7:45 am, there was no one
but a lone man handing out pamphlets. in the rain. NO one in my polling place, either....

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madison2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 11:10 PM
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19. Never been exit polled. Never done a Nielsen rating.
Notified for jury duty only once but never called to serve.

No points against me on my drivers licence.

But I did have seven voice messages reminding me to vote for John Kerry on Nov.2. Which means I am not living under a rock!!!
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