Reply #64: I couldn't agree more, Febble

[BeFree]

That's why we are insisting on transparent counting methods with paper ballots.

Lacking that, we have to go with what we've got. What we've got is a measly $10 mil of an exit-polling system, so we try to make the best of it.

What we got was nice raw data at first. Raw data that TIA, et al, had a go at, and came up with some interesting conclusions. After that, we got weighted data that contradicted the raw data and with that contradiction came the explanations trying to explain away those contradictions.

Ergo, this board, and these discussions. Some here are working from the raw data, others, such as yourself, are proxies for the weighted data. It is the majority's belief that the weighted data is incorrect - a lie. Unfortunately the proxies of that weighted data are painted with that broad stroke of the contradictions. There seems to be no way around this mess and some will be besmirched by their associations

We are in this mess through no making of our own, yet finding our way through the morass we've been presented is going to leave some of us with any of a various combination of paint spots. Democracy is messy at times, but I think we can all agree Democracy is worthy of the struggle.