Not just one "fringe blogger"; if it were just the author of the blog spouting off, I'd be inclined to disregard it as well. Embedded in the page is a video from YouTube with a clip from MSNBC discussing how the exit polls themselves differed from the vote counts.
Still, weigh the sources yourself. Maybe MSNBC is invested in Obama and is engaged in rumormongering.
As far as I know, the "exit polls" reported in the press are weighted based on the current results in order to match the likely outcome. The raw data is not released to the public--if you have access to it, there are a lot of people who'd like to know!
According to Chris Matthews, host of TV's Hardball, the exit polls indicated a win for Obama:
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Not just one "fringe blogger"; if it were just the author of the blog spouting off, I'd be inclined to disregard it as well. Embedded in the page is a video from YouTube with a clip from MSNBC discussing how the exit polls themselves differed from the vote counts. Still, weigh the sources yourself. Maybe MSNBC is invested in Obama and is engaged in rumormongering.
As far as I know, the "exit polls" reported in the press are weighted based on the current results in order to match the likely outcome. The raw data is not released to the public--if you have access to it, there are a lot of people who'd like to know!
According to Chris Matthews, host of TV's Hardball, the exit polls indicated a win for Obama:
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