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2016 Postmortem

ladjf

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21. My credentials are over 30 years computer programming and data analysis. What are yours?

Reply to GarroHorus (Reply #20)

Thu Jun 7, 2012, 08:38 AM

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Exit polls only started being wrong by [View all] rainy Jun 2012 OP

+1....n/t Bonhomme Richard Jun 2012 #1

They started being wrong when certain people started systematically lying to pollsters. Old Union Guy Jun 2012 #2

Do you have evidence of a systematic campaign to lie to pollsters? Bjorn Against Jun 2012 #5

Of course it would make sense. Old and In the Way Jun 2012 #10

It happenes in the uk too. People sometimes will lie to exit pollsters. hrmjustin Jun 2012 #30

On average, conservatives respond less to exit polls. So it bumps up democrats. And if said polls applegrove Jun 2012 #12

Yeah! And after 2 centuries of voting, the big difference began to show up EXACTLY when Cal33 Jun 2012 #35

It is not just paperless voting machines... Bjorn Against Jun 2012 #3

+1 crazylikafox Jun 2012 #34

How dare you question the integrity of the glorious American voting system. tridim Jun 2012 #4

I know we have 2 camps here at D.U. Denninmi Jun 2012 #6

Sorry... a 57% turnout was not going to win for the Dems. HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #7

So conveniently as soon as we get rainy Jun 2012 #8

Not true... Drunken Irishman Jun 2012 #9

Yes, speaking as a professional computer programmer, I agree with you. Hacking the vote machines is ladjf Jun 2012 #11

If hacking the vote machines is 'child's play'... GarroHorus Jun 2012 #14

You imagine it can't be done? gkhouston Jun 2012 #15

That's no different than the asshole who tried to register as a dead guy while filming it. GarroHorus Jun 2012 #16

False equivalence, but thanks for playing. n/t gkhouston Jun 2012 #17

I knew you'd play that card. GarroHorus Jun 2012 #18

I undertsand how you feel, but walker won and we need to accept that... hrmjustin Jun 2012 #31

A. I'm not a crook and B. No one has asked me. nt ladjf Jun 2012 #19

C. You just showed that it is not 'child's play'. n/t GarroHorus Jun 2012 #20

My credentials are over 30 years computer programming and data analysis. What are yours? ladjf Jun 2012 #21

Over 30 years of managing IT in all towers. GarroHorus Jun 2012 #22

If you had read my post, my first statement was that I was not a ladjf Jun 2012 #23

Your first statement was the statement that proved it is not 'child's play' GarroHorus Jun 2012 #24

"Batshit Loony" is joining a new website, TBF Jun 2012 #26

+1000 cyberswede Jun 2012 #27

Thank you. I presumed your point to be the case. However, when I ladjf Jun 2012 #32

I'd say it goes back to a time when election equipment could be accessed via the 'net. n/t gkhouston Jun 2012 #13

Don't ya love how the U.S. uses exit polling for other "less democratic" countries... polichick Jun 2012 #25

A lot of us vote by mail CreekDog Jun 2012 #28

Exit polls are not always accurate. Look at the internal numbers. hrmjustin Jun 2012 #29

I cringe when I see or hear "The exit polls were wrong." GoCubsGo Jun 2012 #33