Sunday, November 14, 2004

Entering Exit Polls


Those of us who were Kerry supporters and saw the early exit poll data on election day were elated. It confirmed observations and intuitions about the final week and weekend of the campaign. But then we were told we just didn't know how to read exit polls, that
they measured only early voting, and gave a false picture of the voting as a whole.

But now reports are growing that the exit polls were more consistent even later in the day, and that a lot of people were taking them seriously. Bush viceroy Karen Hughes reportedly told Bush that he was going to lose in a landslide. Bush supporter (and former Clinton supporter) politico Dick Morris is on record saying the only possible explanation for the large discrepancy between exit polls and votes registered is fraud on a massive scale.

Now comes this scholarly study that asserts the odds against the exit poll discrepancies with announced results in Ohio, Florida and PA being accidental ware 250 million to one.
t r u t h o u t - Steven F. Freeman | The Unexplained Exit Poll Discrepancy

Many of those now trying to get recounts and start investigations are looking to make sure that if fraud like this occurred, it is stopped before the next election. But thanks in part to the Internet, things are moving so quickly that it is conceivable, though barely, that if massive fraud is found, this election could be overturned before the electoral college officially votes in December, certifying the reelection of GW Bush.

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