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Originally posted by honeychile
My first response is "that's what they said about Florida."
You can predict a winner with 3% of the vote, however, it's just that - a prediction.
I was deeply involved in politics for quite awhile, and would give you my bona fides if you doubt that. I sincerely believe that one of the biggest electionproblems we face is the exit poll and the broadcast of "who won" before everyone has voted. If I ever get back into politics, it will be to fight for a law to ban exit polls and to somehow restrict the broadcast of national election news (or have a uniform voting time). The East Coast often ends up somewhat disenfranchising the West Coast.
I'm really not out to argue this point now, mostly because it was only a state-wide poll, and not a national one. I did want to clarify my earlier post, however.
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I would have to agree with you on this point. In 2000, the network news were predicting winners in the presidential race in Florida before the polls closed in the panhandle of the state. This caused some people ready to go to the polls to decide to stay home thinking the election was over already. As we know, it wasn't. Same thing broadcasting winners of the east coast states hours before the west coast closed up shop.