Oh, really?

Post #120,465 by ben_tilly 10/8/03 11:32:20 AM Reply	Oh, really? I didn't see any exit polls...again. People seem to have forgotten that once such things existed. They just trust that if the polls say that Arnold won more decisively than expected, then he must have. I guess the hero always pulls through in the end, right? There are lots of touchscreens though, generally from companies with very bad track records and strong GOP backing... Cheers, Ben "good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link\|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html\|Stefano Mazzocchi]
Post #120,487 by Arkadiy 10/8/03 2:03:42 PM Reply	Re: Oh, really? [link\|http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=68&e=2&u=/nyt/20031008/ts_nyt/votersvoicedeepdissatisfactionwithgovernorsrecord\|from here:] >>>>>>>>>> With nearly 97 percent of the votes counted, the recall question on the two-part ballot was passing by 54.4 percent to 45.6 percent, closely mirroring results from a survey of voters conducted for The New York Times and other news organizations. <<<<<<<<<< -- OK, George W. is deceptive to be sure. Dissembling, too. And let's not forget deceitful. He is lacking veracity and frankness, and void of sooth, though seemingly sincere in his proclivity for pretense. But he did not lie. [link\|http://www.jointhebushwhackers.com/not_a_liar.cfm\|Brian Wimer]
Post #120,495 by ben_tilly 10/8/03 2:50:49 PM Reply	Different outlets reported that differently The CNN version said "better than expected". And there were so many polls with fluctuating results that I am not entirely surprised that some were very close to the final results. Furthermore the way that you conduct a poll affects the outcome, sometimes in hard to predict ways. Which is why I really want to see exit polls reinstated, because in a working democracy those are an easy, fast check on the integrity of the voting system. Furthermore they are more accurate since they directly reflect the actual population who in the end chose to vote, with far reduced issues about the survey technique possibly affecting the reported answers. Ben "good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link\|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html\|Stefano Mazzocchi]

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