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TruthIsAll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 03:29 PM
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Florida and Ohio: The odds Bush would win BOTH was 1 out of 667.
Edited on Wed Nov-10-04 03:31 PM by TruthIsAll
He needed BOTH. If he lost ONE he would lose the election.

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thinkingwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 03:40 PM
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1. Oh NO! Should have been...
1 out of 666.

sigh.


ps. sorry for inserting humor into what I know is a serious thread. Need to laugh to keep from crying though!
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pa28 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 03:56 PM
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7. It was all that prayer.
It was not vote fraud. It was a miracle. The immaculate election.
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thinkingwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 05:31 PM
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13. roflmao
"Immaculate election"...that's a keeper!
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 03:44 PM
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2. How are exit polls more accurate than standard polls?
I don't believe this. They're not as random.
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 03:51 PM
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3. Exit polls are more accurate because
they question people who have just voted.
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 04:52 PM
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10. True, but they question people who have just voted...
Edited on Wed Nov-10-04 04:55 PM by LoZoccolo
...who want to tell you who they voted for in person.

ADDENDUM: I realize there are screwy things coming back with the numbers; I just don't want to make an assertion that it's X percent more accurate to exit poll.
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Eloriel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 05:04 PM
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11. Read this
It's a good article that touches on exit polls' validity:

Link: http://www.zogby.com/Soundbites/ReadClips.dbm?ID=10385
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Yupster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 06:23 PM
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14. Any idea how exit polls capture
early voters?

I know Florida had early voting for a week or two before the election.
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Cessna Invesco Palin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 03:52 PM
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4. They aren't.
However, they are a good excuse for posting threads with subject in all caps. :)
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Cessna Invesco Palin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 04:14 PM
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9. Because...
...he's basing it on his interperetation of the exit polls from this election, though in my mind it's pretty obvious that there were many things wrong with the exit polling for this election.
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Karenca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 04:02 PM
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8. EASY,
THE ODDS ARE 1 IN 667 after examining the exit polls,
not just that the odds are 1 in 667 to win both states.

I hope I made that clear, I'm not so great at explaing myself mathematically.
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