Which is more credible: exit polls or Diebold?
/What is puzzling everyone at the moment is the discrepancy
between the exit polls and the votes that are being reported. The way
the pundits are framing this issue is: what went wrong with the exit
polls? But what reasons do we actually have for thinking the exit polls
were wrong? Previously, exit polls have reflected fairly closely the
finally recorded vote. (On MSNBC, I heard Matthews suggesting that
Republicans not liking to talk to pollsters explained the discrepancy:
that's a new one to me.) The technology of exit polling has not
changed. There has been a change in voting technology, however --
namely, electronic voting machines. Neither electronic voting machines
nor exit polls leave a paper trail. (Actually, exit polls do leave a
paper trail, but it has no legal import.) So why should we believe
electronic voting machines more than exit polls? [more]
- Exit polls showed Kerry won Ohio and Florida [more] and [more] and [more] and [more] and [more]
- When
the UN monitors international elections, the way they determine if the
election process is credible or fraudulent is to take exit polls and
compare the actual results to those of the exit poll. Exit polls in
America have always been accurate, confirming that our elections are
fair and honest -- except in the last two elections in which President
Bush was involved. The mainstream media, of course, will not raise the
obvious question as to what is wrong with this picture. All last
night, this question was not raised once, while the question of should
we actually count all votes was pushed again and again. [more]
- In Florida, Bush led exit polling by CNN
of more than 3 million voters by just 5355 votes. Yet he led by 326,000
in the end result. This morning, CNN changed their exit polling to
favor Bush, saying that had overweighted African American voters. [more]
- Statement From RNC Communications Director Jim Dyke On Anticipated Kerry-Edwards and Democrat Election Day Litigation Strategy [more]
- A fixed Election, a Failed Party, and a Fired Up Moderate Independent [more]
