Are ABC, CNN, and Fox INSANE for projecting Kerry as the winner?

[JohnLocke]

Poll question: Are ABC, CNN, and Fox INSANE for projecting Kerry as the winner?

[jpgray]

1. Just exit polls, same as always. (nt)

[boxster]

2. No. The exit polls showed about a 5% win for Kerry. My guess...

is that they know more about the real numbers than they are reporting at this time.

[anti-bush]

3. I have visions of Florida 2000

I'm still hoping for an Edwards upset victory, even if they have "called it".

[JohnKleeb]

8. it could easily happen and I voted yes

[NashVegas]

4. If for No Other Reason

Calling it while the race is this tight, if it turns out Kerry does win, I'd say someone tipped their hand the game is rigged.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

6. Exit polls show that Kerry will win by 4-5 points.

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[NashVegas]

16. NH

NH exit polls had Kerry & Dean neck and neck.

Why is one state's exit polls more reliable than another's?

[theoceansnerves]

5. i dunno

maybe, maybe not. they might have exit polls from certain higher population areas that indicate kerry will win.

[Cuban_Liberal]

7. Even if Kerry narrowly gets more actual votes...

Edwards wins this one, in terms of the public's perception. :)

[Catherine Vincent]

9. Did these stations not learn anything from 2000?

Going back to their old ways.

[DebJ]

10. No because they had already decided this before the vote so what the

heck?

[feistydem]

11. I am a Kerry supporter and I voted "Yes"

Haven't these fools learned anything from 2000 about calling it too soon?

[MidwestMomma]

12. Did CNN show their exit polls?

They showed them in Oklahoma when the race was too close to call and if I remember right, they showed Kerry 30, Edwards 29, Clark 28. And that was wrong. Does anyone else remember it that way?

[MurikanDemocrat]

13. No, it's based on exit polling

Suggestions that the media could decide an outcome inconsistent with the actual voting results is ridiculous.

This is routine. It happens in every single election. It is not a media conspiracy.

[Dookus]

14. Nope...

they do it all the time. And I don't recall them ever being wrong.

[anti-bush]

15. Really?

Unless of course you forget Florida 2000, or the ever classic "Dewey beats Truman". But then, those were just minor elections.

[Dookus]

17. they were right in Florida

more people DID vote for Al Gore. Or at least believed they did.

If you need to go back to 1948 to find another example, before exit polling, before computer analysis, before a lot of things, then I think my point still stands.

[Zynx]

18. They were wrong in Wisconsin in 2000 as well as Iowa and Oregon.

[Dookus]

19. after 2000

the news outlets, especially CNN, changed their policies.

I'm also unaware of the claim that they mis-called Iowa and Oregon. Can you provide a link?