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HomerRamone

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34. "the immediate post-closing Exit Polls had it a dead heat, 50%-50%"...
Thu Jun 14, 2012, 09:07 PM
Jun 2012
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.'"

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It's downright heartbreaking 99th_Monkey Jun 2012 #1
So far America is in denial. nm rhett o rick Jun 2012 #2
I wonder how much of it is denial... renate Jun 2012 #4
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
The elephant in the room sitting on our Democracy. nm rhett o rick Jun 2012 #67
Absolutely one of the scariest books I've ever read. n/t intheflow Jun 2012 #82
And people think it cant happen here. nm rhett o rick Jun 2012 #88
AND, chervilant Jun 2012 #41
Great point. nm rhett o rick Jun 2012 #66
KnR alittlelark Jun 2012 #3
I watched on Wolf Blitzer as the exit polls went from 50/50 to 60/40 sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #5
Those weren't exit polls. TheWraith Jun 2012 #19
Um, no. The crawl at the bottom of the screen was reporting the exit polls. sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #25
What I'm saying is, there were no 60/40 exit polls. TheWraith Jun 2012 #26
They were identified as exit polls. That is what I was watching. sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #30
Well, then Blitzer and company fucked up big time. TheWraith Jun 2012 #31
"the immediate post-closing Exit Polls had it a dead heat, 50%-50%"... HomerRamone Jun 2012 #34
Without a verifiable paper-trail of hand-counted ballots, it is ''faith-based voting.'' Octafish Jun 2012 #6
Yeah. The first time I voted by electronic ballot, Volaris Jun 2012 #55
Remember: Athan Gibbs Octafish Jun 2012 #56
k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Jun 2012 #7
My rule of thumb: The more Rethugs cry "VOTER FRAUD", Kip Humphrey Jun 2012 #8
This. n/t Beartracks Jun 2012 #17
kicking for Andy S. n/t Tsiyu Jun 2012 #9
word n/t grasswire Jun 2012 #64
paper ballots n/t Generic Other Jun 2012 #72
He is still here haunting xxqqqzme Jun 2012 #77
And signs of a fresh campaign to discredit people who call foul are already showing up starroute Jun 2012 #11
Is it time to "occupy" the elections? MightyMopar Jun 2012 #12
It was time in 2000! (Hell yes!) robinlynne Jun 2012 #60
K&R SunSeeker Jun 2012 #13
" If voting worked it would be illegal" nineteen50 Jun 2012 #14
Where's Anonymous where we really need them? meow2u3 Jun 2012 #15
A remote hack is a tricky thing to do on an isolated network w/o physical access. Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #18
However digging into the internal info of E&S and other companies...? Scootaloo Jun 2012 #22
Oh yes, that's certainly possible. Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #36
Was done on DU long ago Generic Other Jun 2012 #71
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
DU was pretty much FOUNDED due to the election fraud of the year 2000. annabanana Jun 2012 #16
And what has been done in the intervening twelve years? Scootaloo Jun 2012 #20
Agreed. zentrum Jun 2012 #43
Democratic Party leaders do not talk much about this. limpyhobbler Jun 2012 #21
How do you think they got elected ? russspeakeasy Jun 2012 #29
They got elected despite the rigging of voting machines and vote counting machines fasttense Jun 2012 #61
Whole thing not readable in Germany Eastern Winds Jun 2012 #23
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
I donated in 2004 to investigate the vote in Ohio. WHEN CRABS ROAR Jun 2012 #28
2004 was stolen in Ohio. Kerry was robbed. limpyhobbler Jun 2012 #33
I now live in Oregon and we vote with mail in ballots. WHEN CRABS ROAR Jun 2012 #35
Mail in ballots are the weakest link, actually. Extremely easy to robinlynne Jun 2012 #63
Here's another oddity ThoughtCriminal Jun 2012 #32
VERY cogent point......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #47
Article says 5 Dem shifts in 300, 132 Republican malthaussen Jun 2012 #75
K&R Mnemosyne Jun 2012 #37
Why do you think RMoney always wears that possum eating shit smile??? Flint Stone Jun 2012 #38
We've Been Through All This Before - No One Bothered To Lift A Finger cantbeserious Jun 2012 #39
My question is this....is possible to give this question the weight it needs to move it Ninga Jun 2012 #40
K & R this post chervilant Jun 2012 #44
Yep Ninga Jun 2012 #83
The Democrats have had 11 years... zentrum Jun 2012 #42
Faith based voting.......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #45
K and R, chervilant Jun 2012 #46
Wisconsin does not pass the smell test Botany Jun 2012 #48
K&R. n/t DLevine Jun 2012 #49
My son says they let Obama win in '08 because they could then turn around sinkingfeeling Jun 2012 #50
This is exactly how it seemed to me as well. zentrum Jun 2012 #51
yes they let Obama win grasswire Jun 2012 #68
K&R drm604 Jun 2012 #52
We in NM demanded voter-verified, audiable ballots duhneece Jun 2012 #53
200 volunteers were really active here in LA. We found fraud more than once. the Democratic Party robinlynne Jun 2012 #74
The thing is stupidicus Jun 2012 #54
Yes Walker's recall election was unreliable & unverifiable. Controlled by Command Central. hue Jun 2012 #58
I'll say what I said before . . . caseymoz Jun 2012 #59
laughing stock, hope based voting librechik Jun 2012 #65
Inexpensive to pay Tech to flip votes (must kill before he stands trial) Ghost of Huey Long Jun 2012 #69
even when there are paper ballots, the rules in many states that govern bbgrunt Jun 2012 #73
time to post my personal research again grasswire Jun 2012 #76
K&R Blue Owl Jun 2012 #78
Why haven't they designed an exit poll explicitly for the purpose of validating the results? yodermon Jun 2012 #79
George Carlin was right The Wizard Jun 2012 #80
k&r the 2004 theft is what brought me to DU TheUnspeakable Jun 2012 #81
This is the most important issue? rrHeretic Jun 2012 #84
Solve the Depression while the powers that be profit from it and CANNOT BE REMOVED nt HomerRamone Jun 2012 #87
Occupy! donheld Jun 2012 #85
The answer is in Maine and Iowa. Blanks Jun 2012 #86
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