Reply #105: not really

[OnTheOtherHand]

It's perfectly clear that Kerry did best in large cities. Weighted exit polls, "early" exit polls, official returns, common sense all concur.

Weighted exit polls and official returns also concur that Bush did better in big cities in 2004 than in 2000. The exits (and probably the official returns) indicate that Bush also did better in small cities, suburbs, and rural areas.

The exit polls don't "have a perfectly idiotic explanation of the results." Polls don't have explanations. They're an information source. Some people looked at the exits and saw security moms; some saw values voters; some claim to see an urban legend. Whatever. But if you look at the exits and see massive miscount, then I want to know where you think the massive miscount occurred. The map is not the territory.