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Peacemaker · 11-12-2004, 04:55 PM

http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/04/11/ana04027.html

GOP Wants News Organizations to Abandon Exit Polls (subscription req'd)
By Doug Halonen, TVWeek.com

After early exit polls in Tuesday's election inaccurately suggested that Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry would trounce President Bush, Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie is recommending that major news organizations pull the plug on the prognostications.

In remarks Thursday at the National Press Club, Mr. Gillespie said he is among those who were stunned by exit poll reports, which leaked widely on the Internet. "I would encourage the media to abandon exit surveys on Election Day and do what we do in the political profession -- look at the precincts and the turnout, see who's turning out to vote," Mr. Gillespie said. "Don't build a model that you try to, you know, build your own thoughts into of what you expect it to be."

Mr. Gillespie conceded that the exit polls weren't reported directly by major news organizations themselves. "But with the Internet today, we're kidding ourselves, aren't we, to think that everybody in America doesn't know what the exit data is showing?" he said.

He also said he was personally affected by the early reports, discouraged by what he was seeing. "But I've been through this before," he said. "In 2000 the exit data was wrong on Election Day. In 2002, the exit returns were wrong on Election Day. And in 2004, the exit data were wrong on Election Day -- all three times, by the way, in a way that skewed against Republicans and had a dispiriting effect on Republican voters across the country."
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Doctor Dre · 11-12-2004, 04:59 PM

We cheated, stop tellign everybody about it

directfiesta · 11-12-2004, 05:00 PM

Now, is it really that the exit polls were wrong ????

Quote:

N.C. Voting System Has Many Failures

November 12, 2004 5:00 p.m. EST

By STEVE HARTSOE, Associated Press Writer

RALEIGH, N.C. - A Florida-style nightmare has unfolded in North Carolina in the 10 days since Election Day, with thousands of votes missing and the outcome of two statewide races still up in the air.

The fiasco has not reached the proportions of what happened in 2000 in Florida - in part because the presidential race was not close here. But election observers say North Carolina has been the site of some of 2004's worst problems.

The biggest failure resulted from a computer glitch that wiped out more than 4,400 votes in one county, while other disputes have focused on how to count provisional ballots. In another county, 12,000 early and absentee votes were misplaced due to a procedural error, but later found.

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/1100296802

But they are right: once you control the voting machines, next you have to control the media ...

Manowar · 11-12-2004, 05:18 PM

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Originally posted by Doctor Dre
We cheated, stop tellign everybody about it

CamChicks · 11-12-2004, 06:11 PM

If the majority of voters say they voted for 'candidate X', yet the people counting the votes say 'candidate X' won, then supporters of democracy have every reason to be suspicious. This is all the public has besides blind trust.

I sure trust independent pools of journalists more than I trust the biased manufacturer of buggy voting machines with no verifiable paper trail...

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Peacemaker Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Mars Posts: 897	GOP Wants to End Exit Polls http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/04/11/ana04027.html GOP Wants News Organizations to Abandon Exit Polls (subscription req'd) By Doug Halonen, TVWeek.com After early exit polls in Tuesday's election inaccurately suggested that Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry would trounce President Bush, Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie is recommending that major news organizations pull the plug on the prognostications. In remarks Thursday at the National Press Club, Mr. Gillespie said he is among those who were stunned by exit poll reports, which leaked widely on the Internet. "I would encourage the media to abandon exit surveys on Election Day and do what we do in the political profession -- look at the precincts and the turnout, see who's turning out to vote," Mr. Gillespie said. "Don't build a model that you try to, you know, build your own thoughts into of what you expect it to be." Mr. Gillespie conceded that the exit polls weren't reported directly by major news organizations themselves. "But with the Internet today, we're kidding ourselves, aren't we, to think that everybody in America doesn't know what the exit data is showing?" he said. He also said he was personally affected by the early reports, discouraged by what he was seeing. "But I've been through this before," he said. "In 2000 the exit data was wrong on Election Day. In 2002, the exit returns were wrong on Election Day. And in 2004, the exit data were wrong on Election Day -- all three times, by the way, in a way that skewed against Republicans and had a dispiriting effect on Republican voters across the country." ............ more here: http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/04/11/ana04027.html __________________ SEO since 2002 - Google Index Record: 32 minutes. - Selling SEO services and tools

11-12-2004, 06:11 PM	#5
CamChicks Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: godless northwest Posts: 1,552	If the majority of voters say they voted for 'candidate X', yet the people counting the votes say 'candidate X' won, then supporters of democracy have every reason to be suspicious. This is all the public has besides blind trust. I sure trust independent pools of journalists more than I trust the biased manufacturer of buggy voting machines with no verifiable paper trail... __________________ camchicks.com