--- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well how stupid is that? Why in the hell would they > bias their polls in > such a way as to make them useless? Do they only > take regular polls in > higher-population districts? That makes no sense at > all to me. > > -- > Doug
Not very, actually. They use turnout models to try to predict these things and weight them according to district. There are _tens of thousands_ of districts all across the country. The resources necessary to poll all of them would boggle the mind. If you have a new turnout dynamic - which is exactly what we had in this election - it's not exactly surprising that the exit polls would miss it. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
