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Big Pooh
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quote by disneyprep50321
It was'nt just MSNBC and CNN. It was FOX News, ABC, and CBS too. What got them in trouble in 2000 was declaring winners before all the polls closed. The idiots at the networks forgot Florida has 2 time zones so they were declaring winners while people in the Fla panhandle were still voting.
It's all about being the 1st to report something on the networks.
Cheers :wave:
It was'nt just MSNBC and CNN. It was FOX News, ABC, and CBS too. What got them in trouble in 2000 was declaring winners before all the polls closed. The idiots at the networks forgot Florida has 2 time zones so they were declaring winners while people in the Fla panhandle were still voting.
It's all about being the 1st to report something on the networks. Cheers :wave:
Yellow Shoes
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I thought I heard one talking head last night say that they weren't going to rely on projections this year, but wait until they had actual numbers.
Apparently they changed their minds.
One of the many things that happened in 2000 was reliance on exit polling to determine a winner.
It worked so successfully in the 1992 election (George I vs. Clinton), that the outcome was known by 5 PM EST. (long before polls closed anywhere in the US)
What is muddying the waters in part now is the increase in advance voting. You cannot exit poll someone who votes by mail.
Here is Kansas the Attorney General race has not yet been decided. They are going to take a close look at the 10,000 "provisional ballots" to attempt to find a winner. (Provisional ballots are ones where eligibility is not clear-cut: a change of address or name, etc. My guess is that if the numbers were such that those ballots wouldn't change the outcome, they would have been discarded. However, we are looking at a mini-Florida)
Yes, it is ratings all the way. Remember, Nov is sweeps month. If you had any doubt, take a look at the asinine promotions your local news shows are running.
Apparently they changed their minds.
One of the many things that happened in 2000 was reliance on exit polling to determine a winner.
It worked so successfully in the 1992 election (George I vs. Clinton), that the outcome was known by 5 PM EST. (long before polls closed anywhere in the US)
What is muddying the waters in part now is the increase in advance voting. You cannot exit poll someone who votes by mail.
Here is Kansas the Attorney General race has not yet been decided. They are going to take a close look at the 10,000 "provisional ballots" to attempt to find a winner. (Provisional ballots are ones where eligibility is not clear-cut: a change of address or name, etc. My guess is that if the numbers were such that those ballots wouldn't change the outcome, they would have been discarded. However, we are looking at a mini-Florida)
Yes, it is ratings all the way. Remember, Nov is sweeps month. If you had any doubt, take a look at the asinine promotions your local news shows are running.
CDS Disney
Member
Exit poles along with the incoming results
Nut4Disney
New Member
They weren't allowed to use exit polls this time. The election wouldn't have been the debacle it was in 2000, if the media hadn't declared the election over before those in the central time zone of Florida in the panhandle (which is historically republican) had voted. Dan Rather is a big weenie.
