Reply #49: But he really pulled off a big victory in the exit polls! [View All]

[L. Coyote]

EXIT POLLS: Yes to Venezuelan constitutional referendum

Just when I thought this was over, after a long, interesting night waiting for official results and doing discourse analysis.
Now, is there going to be an exit polls controversy?

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YES to Venezuelan constitutional referendum: exit polls
Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:58:05 GMT
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/152093.html

Caracas, Dec 3 - Three exit polls have projected that the 'yes' vote had won in the referendum on constitutional overhaul as Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) announced delay in the initial results.

The surveys were carried out by PLM Consultores, Datanalisis and the Venezuelan Data Analysis Institute, or IVAD, according to the Spanish news agency EFE.

The results were leaked to the press even though Venezuelan law prohibits the publication of exit polls before the release of official results.

PLM Consultores said that 54 percent of the public had voted 'yes' to 46 percent 'no', Datanalisis gave 56 percent to the 'yes' option and 44 percent to the 'no' choice, and IVAD said that 53 percent of the votes had been cast for 'yes'.

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CNE chief Tibisay Lucena earlier told reporters that the referendum would allow Venezuela to give 'a lesson on democracy to the whole world,' adding that there had only been 'four or five' isolated incidents at polling places.

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