Reply #17: well, I am a NH Voter from Derry and I might be able to shed...

[BigMcLargehuge]

a little light on the exit polling data. Mind you this is personal observation only, but I imagine that my experience isn't much different than what any other person who stood beside an exit poller for 90 minutes would have seen at any of the precincts in all of NH.

Here is what I saw -

the exit poller was about 19 years old. she had a sheaf of exit polling worksheets/ballots in her hands and stood about 500 yards from the polling place exit. I was 501 yards away, so she was right next to me.

I voted early, I waited in a short line at about 8AM to cast my vote then head out to hold a Kerry/Edwards sign. Pinkerton Academy, our polling place, was very, very busy. Busier than I have ever seen it on election day with an easy 2500 people passing in and out during the first hour.

In the 90 minutes I stood there the exit poller asked five people if they were interested in an exit poll. Three said no and kept walking. Two filled out exit polling information. In that 90 minute span at least 2000 people walked by.

She approached 5.

That's what was wrong with the exit polling data.