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Mistwell Donating Member (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-05 02:05 PM
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13. "From the first" skews numbers
You know, I know, and EVERYONE knows that taking only the FIRST numbers that come in does NOT reflect the complete electorate. Indeed, we all know that Democrats tend to vote earlier in the day than Republicans on average, so we know pretty well that the first numbers will not match final numbers.

So, why do you insist on using numbers you KNOW are wrong?

Look TIA, I appreciate the work you do, and I want you to continue. But why do you keep ignoring the hard issues with these things? The hard issue is GETTING THE FINAL EXIT POLL RAW DATA. Until we have that, all you are doing is playing with nearly random numbers that you know for sure from the start do not reflect the entirety of the people who cast votes.
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