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In reply to the discussion: What would the US do if we saw this type of exit poll/election result discrepency in Russia? [View all]djean111
(14,255 posts)37. What does that have to do with the OP? n/t
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What would the US do if we saw this type of exit poll/election result discrepency in Russia? [View all]
J_J_
Jun 2016
OP
2 statisticians (one from Stanford) had the same conclusion. Link goes to .pdf of their analysis.
TalkingDog
Jun 2016
#59
Not really. There's been little or no independent verification of their data or assertions.
TwilightZone
Jun 2016
#69
Nuts do drop all around us that we're constantly ducking and stepping over cautiously. nt
fleabiscuit
Jun 2016
#27
Discrepancies between exit polls and the official vote count have been used to successfully overturn
J_J_
Jun 2016
#50
Oh, we would smugly blame Putin, and even more smugly declare stridently that WE live in a real
djean111
Jun 2016
#12
Interesting question to ask while using a graphic sourced by Russian propaganda.
JTFrog
Jun 2016
#16
I'd *laugh* at the Russians who believed that exit polls accurately reflected the actual votes!
NurseJackie
Jun 2016
#21
We would look into the numbers, but since you couldn't be bothered to provide a link...
TwilightZone
Jun 2016
#24
This inanity about how Sanders lost reminds me of the flying saucer scares of the 50s.
randome
Jun 2016
#28
It's only OK to say these things if it's a rethug gaining the upper hand, like bush in 2000 and 2004
ChisolmTrailDem
Jun 2016
#32
Yep. randome was all over the "voting fraud" when it was bush but now it's a different story...
ChisolmTrailDem
Jun 2016
#39
The only person talking about UFOs here is you. No one else has mentioned them nor do I believe...
ChisolmTrailDem
Jun 2016
#41
The more strident Sanders supporters are starting to sound just like the UFO probe people
CorkySt.Clair
Jun 2016
#46
The establishment controls all aspects of the voting process from selecting
NorthCarolina
Jun 2016
#29
WARNING: this has been posted before and a jury voted 6-1 to hide it. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Jun 2016
#30
We'd check to see if the claim is based on lies -- which appears to be the case with the OP's chart
onenote
Jun 2016
#38
And again, there was such a divergence of the exit polls from the "reported" totals
pdsimdars
Jun 2016
#74