Reply #18: Here's something no one ever seems to talk about:

[tavalon]

In computer land, it is no more hard to flip 10 million votes as 10,000. Sure, we have exit pollers but they have proprietary information and can make the polls match the numbers fairly easily and can undermine the faith in the system (remember the elusive "shy Bush voter"?).

So, ending your discussion with the stirring call to keep it from being close doesn't make sense to anyone who programs for a living.