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In reply to the discussion: The most important issue affecting the US today (PLEASE read this article) [View all]HomerRamone
(1,112 posts)34. "the immediate post-closing Exit Polls had it a dead heat, 50%-50%"...
http://electiondefensealliance.org/WisconsinRecall:
"But the only place those polls were posted was as a Bar Chart in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Not a single network posted any Exit Poll numbers, though they all have been regularly posting them throughout the 2012 primary season within a few minutes of poll closing. But they all called the race 'extremely tight,' since they were looking at the same 50%-50% Exit Poll that the Journal Sentinel at least had the courage to post in some format."
"In short order, and quite predictably, the race was Walker's, the networks anointing him the 'easy winner' as the Exit Poll 'Adjustment' Process played out. You could actually see it on the Journal Sentinel's Bar Chart: the blue bars shrinking and the red bars lengthening every 20 minutes or so.The adjustment process was egregious, a whopping 7% disparity between the Unadjusted Exit Polls and the Adjusted Exit Polls congruent to the eventually-to-be-announced 'official results.'"
"But the only place those polls were posted was as a Bar Chart in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Not a single network posted any Exit Poll numbers, though they all have been regularly posting them throughout the 2012 primary season within a few minutes of poll closing. But they all called the race 'extremely tight,' since they were looking at the same 50%-50% Exit Poll that the Journal Sentinel at least had the courage to post in some format."
"In short order, and quite predictably, the race was Walker's, the networks anointing him the 'easy winner' as the Exit Poll 'Adjustment' Process played out. You could actually see it on the Journal Sentinel's Bar Chart: the blue bars shrinking and the red bars lengthening every 20 minutes or so.The adjustment process was egregious, a whopping 7% disparity between the Unadjusted Exit Polls and the Adjusted Exit Polls congruent to the eventually-to-be-announced 'official results.'"
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The most important issue affecting the US today (PLEASE read this article) [View all]
HomerRamone
Jun 2012
OP
Yes it is a mixure of both. But ask some of your friends if they think the voting
rhett o rick
Jun 2012
#10
Liberal friends accept whatever rationalizing they've heard about the red shift,
HomerRamone
Jun 2012
#24
Even here on DU.... All of the people writing about why we lost in Wisocnsin ignore
robinlynne
Jun 2012
#57
Without a verifiable paper-trail of hand-counted ballots, it is ''faith-based voting.''
Octafish
Jun 2012
#6
And signs of a fresh campaign to discredit people who call foul are already showing up
starroute
Jun 2012
#11
A remote hack is a tricky thing to do on an isolated network w/o physical access.
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#18
and who has access? No need for remote hacks.We watch the Deibold people come in and out and touch
robinlynne
Jun 2012
#62
I don't know. I merely assumed that they would create a closed network since that would
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#70
They got elected despite the rigging of voting machines and vote counting machines
fasttense
Jun 2012
#61
My two best friends still think I am crazy when I bring this up - because they just can't go there -
NRaleighLiberal
Jun 2012
#27
My question is this....is possible to give this question the weight it needs to move it
Ninga
Jun 2012
#40
My son says they let Obama win in '08 because they could then turn around
sinkingfeeling
Jun 2012
#50
200 volunteers were really active here in LA. We found fraud more than once. the Democratic Party
robinlynne
Jun 2012
#74
Yes Walker's recall election was unreliable & unverifiable. Controlled by Command Central.
hue
Jun 2012
#58
Inexpensive to pay Tech to flip votes (must kill before he stands trial)
Ghost of Huey Long
Jun 2012
#69
Why haven't they designed an exit poll explicitly for the purpose of validating the results?
yodermon
Jun 2012
#79
Solve the Depression while the powers that be profit from it and CANNOT BE REMOVED nt
HomerRamone
Jun 2012
#87