a couple exit polls out
From Indiana and Kentucky:
Kentucky | Electoral Votes: 8 | ||
President | 1% of precincts reporting | ||
Candidates | Party | Vote Count | % Votes Cast |
Bush | Rep | 13,005 | 58 |
Kerry | Dem | 9,133 | 41 |
Nader | Ind | 129 | 1 |
Peroutka | CST | 35 | 0 |
Badnarik | Lib | 31 | 0 |
Indiana | Electoral Votes: 11 | ||
President | 1% of precincts reporting | ||
Candidates | Party | Vote Count | % Votes Cast |
Bush | Rep | 15,530 | 55 |
Kerry | Dem | 12,189 | 44 |
Badnarik | Lib | 221 | 1 |
Obviously, it's waaaaaaaaay too early to ascribe much meaning to anything, but the above does sorta illustrate one thing that I've found interesting about the polls leading up to today. In most polls where more than two candidates were offered, the only alternative candidate was Nader. However, in the very few polls where Badnarik was also presented as an option, he fared better than Nader. Shouldn't the pollsters have noticed this and begun to poll accordingly? Realistically, Badnarik probably pulls more from Bush than he does from Kerry, whereas Nader almost undoubtedly pulls more away from Kerry than from Bush.
Probably not that big a deal, but I do find it interesting the way the pollsters follow FAUX's lead in researching based on ideas that put the current administration in the best possible light.
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