Sorry if this has already been discussed but

[dflprincess]

isn't it weird how exit polls are accurate in every country but the U.S.?

Just saying.

[drray23]

1. Yes. But of course most democracies

Have paper ballots. It's the case in France, I suspect it's true in Ireland as well.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

3. A receipt...

just like what you get at a bank teller atm.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

2. Really weird.

get ready for trum supporters hawking around the polls this next time. Poll watching for corruption...omg. To borrow an old phrase..gag me w a spoon.

[mountain grammy]

4. Agree!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. And what are the odds that PA, WI, and MI all

Go against the MOE? At once?

[rusty quoin]

6. I recall the first election when exit polls did not matter...2004. I will never forget.

[orleans]

7. i noticed that too n/t

[RockRaven]

8. So are exit polls in Russia accurate?

and am I to believe that Putin is a legitimately elected official by the margin noted in the exit poll and official vote count, which by your premise match?

While I don't discount the possibility of malfeasance in US vote counting, exit polls are a small and biased sample of the overall electorate, on top of the possibility that some people give a different answer between the voting booth and the exit-pollster. Exit polls are inherently inaccurate both by design (a sample, to avoid the cost of polling everyone) and by circumstance (those who participate in said poll are not wholly representative of all those who vote), before we even account for ballot/poll asymmetry (peer pressure/virtue signaling/etc).

And if there is a genuine disconnect between exit polls and vote counts, how do you know it is the vote counting, and not the exit polling (which is done by for-profit corporate media and political consultants) which is false?

If you are worried about whether or not the people's will is being properly heard in their votes, the best thing you can do is make sure every goddamned person you know who is eligible to vote a) votes and b) is well-informed before they cast their ballot. A close second is getting involved in local election observer efforts.

[jimlup]

9. It appears to be a "see no evil" situation

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