Have any of you ever been asked to take an exit poll on election day?

[bluestateguy]

I'm curious to know who, if any, these people are that allegedly take these exit polls that the MSM worships at the altar of.

Sometimes I really think that they literally just make up these numbers out of thin air. I have never actually met a flesh and blood person who has ever been approached by an exit pollster on election day at the polls and asked to fill out one of these surveys. Have any of you ever been asked to fill out an election day exit poll?

[Saturday]

1. Never. nt

[Catch22Dem]

2. nope (n/t)

[nickinSTL]

3. I'd be interested to see if anyone on here has...

I never have.

[Vinca]

4. I took an exit poll after the New Hampshire primary this year.

As I recall, there were 2 or 3 people from different news organizations doing the polling and they grabbed every other person coming out the door. I could be mistaken about the people actually taking the poll, but for some reason I'm remembering logos of news organizations.

[seriousstan]

5. Nope. I have been an election judge for 26 years and I have never seen a poller outside even.

[lligrd]

6. Nope

I have never even received a phone poll.

[jlpohio69]

8. I have been voting for 20 years, and never been polled. (n/t)

[thevoiceofreason]

7. I was in early voting in Texas.

They didn't say who they were. It was close to push polling, so there were a lot of questions I didn't answer. I think they had me pegged for a republican.

They seemed disappointed.

[0007]

23. Same here. But they still ask questions.

[napi21]

9. No.

[napi21]

10. No.

[City Lights]

11. Never. I'm in Lake County, IL, which has been purple lately, after having

been red for a very long time.

[lynne]

12. Not me but my mother was -

- at the last election. Don't know who it was or what group, polling service, etc. they represented. I DO know that my mother lied to him! She told me her vote was private and she wasn't about to tell him exactly who she voted for as it wasn't his business. That's reason #1 not to take any stock in exit polls.

[Drachasor]

14. Your Mother

...not withstanding, most people are pretty honest (or liars largely cancel each other out). Exit Polls are almost always within a few percent of being dead on. It's one of the tools we use to tell if elections in other countries are being run fairly.

[NEOhiodemocrat]

13. Never

in 37 years of voting here in Ohio

[Exilednight]

15. Yes, during the '04 election. I've also been polled over the phone serveral times......

over the past few years.

I think I ended up on someones mailing list, I've also participated in Arbitron and Nielsen research.

[Breeze54]

22. You and I must be very cool because I've been called and

polled over the phone too. The last time was a month or so ago for a Pew? poll, I think.

Lot's of questions about Iraq, the Democrats and the rethugs and the economy & *.

I've also participated in Arbitron ratings (last year) and was exit polled on '04 election.

[Frustratedlady]

16. Never, nor have I ever seen a poll taker at a precinct.

I thought it was my deodorant.

[ZombieHorde]

17. No.

[applegrove]

18. I don't think the MSM is in love with "up/down" exit polls anymore.

Tom Brocaw said he'd never trust exit polls again after 2004. I think they will only do exit polls on secondary questions. At least those are the only polls they will publish before the polls close.

[Warren Stupidity]

19. yes. 2004 selection. nt.

[Breeze54]

20. Yes, and he was human too! Flesh and blood and even a beard!

:P

He asked me a few question. Actually, now that I think on it

more, he actually offered me a short form to fill out anonymously.

He looked like a hippie too! :P Seemed like a very nice guy.

This was for election 2004.

[0007]

21. One doesn't fill out a survey. It is usually verbal.

The question are of the nature of; Are you a Dem or a Repuke?

I have been questioned and have taken it as an exit poll.

[Exilednight]

26. Mine was verbal, they asked......

a ton of personal information, income, education, age, etc..... but they didn't ask my name.

[whatchamacallit]

24. Nope, my experience almost invariably is

Walk into the school gymnasium by my home, encounter suspicious looks from the retirees at the check in table, wait while someone grumpy attempts to find my name (this usually takes at least two passes), fill out my ballot, put it in the bucket, and bail. I think I'm kinda bummed no one has ever tried to poll me.

[TahitiNut]

25. Yes. Once or twice in years past. But not in the last 8-10 years.

Actual human beings standing a legal distance from the polling place performing an interview survey. It's not voodoo.

[MaryCeleste]

27. Yes, and I lied through my teeth

Something about monkey wrenching the M$M.

[NoPasaran]

28. I was exit polled on Primary Day in 2004

[AZBlue]

29. Never

[Beregond2]

30. No

Nope. But then, I've been voting by mail for years.