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jazzjunkysue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-05 11:19 AM
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15. I was dating a guy who was doing the exit polls and wrote the software
He says, and I have no reason not to believe him, that the exit polls are not an accurate barometer of the larger republican/democratic vote. They're done only to get at the inside ratios of information, such as, how many women/seniors/catholics/ went democrat, and how many pro lifers went republican. It's the inside ratios they're looking at, so the parties can figure out how to run campaigns.

He also told me that the exit pollsters have to change the raw numbers from the earlier raw poll to match the real vote. This guy wrote the software to do that deliberately, and it was not part of any coverup: It is assumed that when you ask every 5th person on the way out in only a few chosen places that the exit poll will not match the real larger vote. They poll such a tiny number that it is not reliable. It can't be, and was never intended to be. They're simply trying to figure out the demographics inside the larger vote.

In other words, the raw number is unreliable, but the inside ratios are fairly reliable. Not reliable enough to overturn a vote.

So, the fact that the exit poll changed is not indicative of a cover up. It's doing what it's supposed to do, and that's not for any sinister reasons.

If you want to ptove fraud, (which I personally believe 100% happened) you'll have to prove that the real vote is off, and not compare it to the exit poll.

The areas where the republican vote was way too high because it was a heavily registered democratic area are legitimate places to look for fraud. The places where the vote exceeded the registration is also proof. But, the changing exit poll is not republican cover up: It's part of every exit poll plan.

So, you're wasting your time and energy chasing the changed exit poll conspiracy. That one is not real.
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