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frazzled

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2. Exit polls are pretty much all there is for determining demographics

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Original post)

Wed Nov 8, 2017, 10:56 AM

Nov 2017

aside from census data, which would reveal that a certain district or ward is largely Hispanic, for example; or largely young.

Demographics can't be determined from raw votes alone: your vote is anonymous, so the numbers alone can't determine if someone is married or single, or black or white, or female or male, or young or old.

Demographics, I believe, are always drawn from exit polls and/or census data.

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The Virginia Demographics based on exit polls. [View all] Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author still_one Nov 2017 #1

Exit polls are pretty much all there is for determining demographics frazzled Nov 2017 #2

Oh, no. Your vote is not anonymous in some states. Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #3

That's only in primaries, where you request a D or R ballot frazzled Nov 2017 #4

Your VOTE is recorded for key races. Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #5

Believe that if you want frazzled Nov 2017 #6

I accept that. I don't KNOW how they come up with the demographics for all elections... Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #7