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2016 Postmortem

AtheistCrusader

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18. We don't have polling places in WA anymore but when we did

Reply to Fast Walker 52 (Reply #17)

Mon Nov 28, 2016, 01:39 PM

Nov 2016

I and many of my friends would make sport of the exit pollsters, giving intentionally bullshit responses.

By all means, audit the election results, but this 'exit polls are extremely accurate' line in the article is full on stupendous bullshit.

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Exit Poll Results Machine Vote Counts were Altered in S.E. Kansas [View all] Botany Nov 2016 OP

Rec anamandujano Nov 2016 #1

We need a nationwide audit. Cracklin Charlie Nov 2016 #2

Definitely a do over with paper ballots only and .. ananda Nov 2016 #3

I have been looking at this link. Cracklin Charlie Nov 2016 #9

Downballot shennanigans. haele Nov 2016 #20

Money to be "made"? Cracklin Charlie Nov 2016 #21

In the long run, it would be better to refer to this behavior as criminal. bigmonkey Nov 2016 #22

I think it should be standard practice with every (national?) election that there be a system ToxMarz Nov 2016 #6

Best 2 out of 3? Travis_0004 Nov 2016 #26

Surprise, surprise, surprise...not. 2naSalit Nov 2016 #4

I think this has been going on for 2 decades... Sancho Nov 2016 #5

The critical bucolic_frolic Nov 2016 #7

Yep, we need a nationwide audit. lark Nov 2016 #8

When did you know, lark? Cracklin Charlie Nov 2016 #10

When WI was announced, I knew the fix was totally in. lark Nov 2016 #14

I didnt even last til Indiana or Wis - for me it was when they were dragging their feet about Kashkakat v.2.0 Nov 2016 #24

My state is Missouri. Cracklin Charlie Nov 2016 #27

Seems strange that they would rig Kansas, a state they regularly dominate (even in pre-polls). nt MadDAsHell Nov 2016 #11

Gov. Brownback was unpopular with both republican and democrats but somehow ... Botany Nov 2016 #12

Unpopular doesn't mean that Rs won't vote R like they always do. TwilightZone Nov 2016 #15

Rigging for local candidates is just as likely bhikkhu Nov 2016 #16

Exit polls are infallible. So, yeah -- lock 'em up. Buzz Clik Nov 2016 #13

except they are not, of course...unfortunately exit polls in the US are not designed to detect fraud Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #17

We don't have polling places in WA anymore but when we did AtheistCrusader Nov 2016 #18

A personal anecdote doesn't outweigh science. bigmonkey Nov 2016 #23

MSM normalized fraud long ago triron Nov 2016 #28

"Realism" of that sort buys us nothing but a bleak future. bigmonkey Nov 2016 #29

Up to the people triron Nov 2016 #30

Americans don't like being asked those kinds of questions. AtheistCrusader Nov 2016 #31

curious-- why did you lie to the exit pollsters? Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #25

Because asking questions like that is a bit like walking up to someone and asking AtheistCrusader Nov 2016 #32

I miss Andy S. annabanana Nov 2016 #19

i wonder how ballot is. mopinko Nov 2016 #34

The Russian-Republican hactivist cabal is laffing its ass off at America Achilleaze Nov 2016 #33