A theory: exit polls are not wrong. They influenced the election!

[endnote]

Many Dems tought it was a done deal and decided not to bother voting after all... Nobody is talking about this!!!

[NMDemDist2]

1. no, that's not it, the exit polls were right just like GA in 2002

it's the diebold invisible votes

they stole it again

[Eric J in MN]

9. There were no Exit Polls in Georgia in 2002 (nt)

nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. you're half right....

the exit polls sucked.....


but I don't think people didn't vote because of them....

[Valkyrie55]

3. I think you may be right

I have been sitting here wondering if rethugs were told in Ohio and Florida to lie to exit poll takers in order to make it look like a big Kerry victory thus making lots of Dems decide that they didn't need to stand in line for 6 hours since we were going to win.

[endnote]

5. Quite possible... But, that would have leaked, I think...

You cannot send a mass e-mail to Repubs without it leaking to non-Repubs. I have not heard about anything like that...

[Awsi Dooger]

4. Well, they damn sure influenced my financial situation

I dumped more on Kerry after taking a peak this afternoon. But I won every individual state and senate race, giving high odds on cinch pickups.

How many Democrats had access to exit polls? Or changed plans once they knew them? I would wager slim to none.

We may have had a terrific turnout that the GOP simply equalled. As I emphasized all along, this was always going to be about preference, not registration or turnout advantage. Democrats were kidding themselves all year that the GOP wouldn't show up in full frenzy on November 2.

[Memekiller]

6. Karl Rove's theory...

...is that undecideds like to break for a winner, so it would have helped us if anything.

[troublemaker]

7. you are CORRECT

That why CA dems were pissed that Carter conceded early. The dems left the voting lines and the winners stayed. People like to be on the winning side.

[kokomo]

8. Looks like the touted "new youth vote" stayed at their Nintendos.