CNN "explanation" of exit polls

[SophieZ]

Report suggests changes in exit poll methodology

Wednesday, January 19, 2005
CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/19/exit.polls/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Exit polls overstated John Kerry's share of the vote on November 2, both nationally and in many states, because more Kerry supporters participated in the survey than Bush voters, according to an internal review of the exit-polling process released Wednesday.

The report said it is difficult to pinpoint precisely why, in general, Kerry voters were more likely to participate in the exit poll than were Bush voters. "There were certainly motivational factors that are impossible to quantify," the report said.


Exit polls overstated John Kerry's share of the vote on November 2, both nationally and in many states, because more Kerry supporters participated in the survey than Bush voters

<laughing> Well, yeah!

compare:
The New York Yankees won the final game of the World Series, 4 to 2. The reason given for the victory was, they crossed the plate four times, compared to their opponents' two.

This CNN "explanation" is FEEBLE.