LAST 3 NATIONAL EXIT POLLS: 10 DEMOGRAPHIC WEIGHTINGS
Something doesn't seem with the 2004 National Exit Poll
numbers.
Gender, PartyID and the eight other categories look good.
So do Kerry's Exit Poll numbers.
But the actual votes don't agree.
Why is that?
The female/male split was 54/46%.
Kerry even wins with a 52/48 female/male split.
GENDER MIX Bush Kerry Nader Bush Kerry Nader
Male 48% 52% 47% 1% 25.0% 22.6% 0.5%
Female 52% 45% 54% 1% 23.4% 28.1% 0.5%
100% 48.4% 50.6% 1.0%
The party ID split was 38 Dem/35 Rep/ 27 Ind
But Kerry also wins assuming a 37/37/26 PartyID split.
PARTY ID MIX Bush Kerry Nader Bush Kerry Nader
Democrat 37% 9% 90% 1% 3.3% 33.3% 0.4%
Republican 37% 92% 7% 0% 34.0% 2.6% 0.0%
Independent 26% 45% 52% 2% 11.7% 13.5% 0.5%
100% 49.07% 49.41% 0.89%
So how the hell did Bush win?
Maybe the 10 demographic stats are all wrong.
Maybe the Bush voters were reluctant to speak to the exit poll
responders after all.
No, that can't be it, either. Uscountvotes.org debunked that
one.
In fact, Mitofsky's own report indicates just the opposite: in
heavily GOP precincts, Bush voters were quite anxious to speak
to the exit pollsters.
So what gives?
2004 2000 1996
DEMOGRAPHIC Kerry Bush Nader GORE BUSH NADER Clinton Dole Perot
Female/Male 54/46 52/48 52/48
Gender 50.78% 48.22% 1.00% 48.24% 47.80% 2.48% 48.72% 40.88% 8.44%
Race 50.94% 47.86% 1.00% 48.46% 47.91% 2.73% 48.76% 41.12% 8.34%
Age 50.53% 48.17% 1.00% 48.66% 48.05% 2.51% 48.85% 40.53% 8.69%
Education 50.21% 48.05% 1.17% 47.59% 48.72% 2.48% 49.02% 39.64% 9.41%
Income 51.42% 48.12% 0.95% 48.19% 48.28% 2.30% 48.89% 40.79% 7.45%
Dem/Rep/Ind 38/35/27 39/35/26 39/35/26
PartyId 50.69% 47.77% 0.92% 48.04% 48.36% 2.69% 48.74% 40.77% 8.46%
Ideology 49.85% 48.15% 1.00% 47.73% 48.22% 2.55% 48.99% 41.14% 8.27%
PrevVote 50.90% 47.09% 1.19% 48.64% 47.81% 2.37% 48.75% 41.18% 8.16%
Decided 51.23% 47.95% 0.54% 48.13% 48.55% 2.20% 48.63% 39.97% 8.58%
Religion 50.85% 47.90% 1.18% 48.55% 48.07% 2.71% 48.22% 39.76% 9.23%
Average 50.74% 47.93% 1.00% 48.22% 48.18% 2.50% 48.76% 40.58% 8.50%
Actual 48.28% 50.73% 0.99% 47.87% 48.36% 2.74% 49.20% 40.70% 8.40%
Diff% 2.46% -2.80% 0.01% 0.35% -0.18% -0.24% -0.44% -0.12% 0.10%