Reply #57: So.....

[anaxarchos]

...for all the reasons touched on in this thread and for all the talk about "exit polls are not designed" for this and that, and for all the other talk, the NEP exit poll data is by sample, timing, MOE, methodology, etc. more accurate than any poll that could be designed now.

The exit poll data shows that Kerry won.

That conclusion is supported by pre-election polls and the lack of a post election "bounce".

Any poll done now would use the data above to test its accuracy (i.e.
demographics, etc.).

But it still won't be "accepted" as a "smoking gun".

... and that lack of acceptance will still be politically, not scientifically, motivated.

Do another poll... sure, why not? It's just another brick in the wall. Who knows, maybe it could be used to debunk some other "red shift" theories.

But, no illusions....