[Magdalen] Election

[Lynn Ronkainen]

... Exit polls seem vindicated especially when the winner's margins are large.
Lynn

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On Feb 10, 2016, at 7:32 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

But Bernie did win.

So, unfortunately, did Trump.

On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 8:43 PM, Kristin Rollins <kristin at verumsolum.com>
wrote:

> Two words: Exit polls.
> 
> Unless the exit polls are close (and risk being wrong), the networks
> race to be first with the result. It takes a lot out of
> electon-result-watching, but it's the 21st century and I don't see it
> ever moving in the direction I'd prefer.
> 
> Kristin
> 
> --
>  Kristin Rollins
>  kristin at verumsolum.com
>  Portsmouth, VA
> 
>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016, at 08:39 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>> OK, I don't get this. The polls in NH closed just half an hour ago, but
>> they declared the winners at least ten minutes ago. And they just said
>> only 14% of the vote is in. So how can they already be predicting the
>> winner??
>