I hate these types of statistics. Really I hate statistics all together. Most people take them on their face and have no idea how they were obtained or calculated and therefore what they actually reflect. One of my statistics textbook was titled "how to lie with statistics" and that is what I see played out over and over when the media uses these numbers as catchy sound bites. Nisrepresentations backed up wiht questionable statistics.
Who are they polling? Where are they polling? I have voted in every election since I was 18 (nearly 15 years) and never once even seen anyone doing an exit poll where I am. Of course my most recent district is primarily African American and that might make it look like too many African Americans are actually voting o why poll there.
How can you gauge the number of young people voting without looking at their use of absentee ballots? Many of these first time voters were college students who had to vote absentee. How can you say they did not vote based on exit polls?
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