Be sure that when a commenter says "studies show...", that he's talking out his ass...
This is the US, not Zimbabwe, get some perspective dude. Sigh... another countryman showing the world just how dumbass some of us really are:/
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Exit polls 2008 from Dixville Notch, NH: Obama wins 15 - 6. Yes, Dixville Notch is not exactly a megalopolis, but it continues the tradition, first started in 1960, til this day.
It should be noted that voting results from 2004 were decidedly different: Bush beat Kerry 19 - 7, and Dixville Notch has not voted for a Democrat since 1968!
At the same time, voting results are also in from neighboring Hart's Location, which reported 17 votes for Obama, 10 for McCain and two for write-in Ron Paul.
Yep, in 2008, who cares about exit polls when you have the actual results, right? Don't expect voting to go as smoothly, or without long lines, in the rest of the country.
Dixville Notch has a well organized voting process: all the eligible voters gather at midnight in the ballroom of The Balsams. Voters cast their ballots and the polls officially close one minute later.
Vote fast, or voting results won't include you, it seems.
Hart's Location halted its "competition" for the first vote in the 1964, but again started up early voting in 1996. It actually has an earlier tradition than Dixville Notch, beginning in 1948, but with the 1964 halt, Dixville Notch gets the majority of news nowadays, regarding early voting results.
So, exit polls of 2008 (or rather voting results 2008) from the two earliest "townships" show Obama in the lead. More to come, obviously, as the battleground states weigh in.
Posted November 4th, 2008 by Michael Santo
Be sure that when a commenter says "studies show...", that he's talking out his ass...
This is the US, not Zimbabwe, get some perspective dude. Sigh... another countryman showing the world just how dumbass some of us really are:/
what a load of crack that last guy just posted.
exit polls, and polling in general = useless and misleading, but the rest of his comments are total BS.
especially i take argument with:
"Additionally- in many places where people fear for their safety- they lie and say that they voted for Obama- even though they voted for McCain."
The direct opposite is said to be true. In many safe places for many white people and many biases, they will lie about their pick out of the desire to avoid social pressures and ignorant comments towards their pick of a black man.
The Polls Are "In The Tank"- just like the Media
Don't believe exit polls. Studies show that Democrats are more likely than Republicans and Independents to speak to pollsters.
Additionally- in many places where people fear for their safety- they lie and say that they voted for Obama- even though they voted for McCain.
There were Black Panthers with night sticks at the polls in Philadelphia.
That would make ME lie about voting McCain Palin-
Wouldn't you?