Tuesday, November 02, 2004

a couple exit polls out

From Indiana and Kentucky:

KentuckyElectoral Votes: 8
President1% of precincts reporting
CandidatesPartyVote Count% Votes Cast
BushRep13,00558
KerryDem9,13341
NaderInd1291
PeroutkaCST350
BadnarikLib310


IndianaElectoral Votes: 11
President1% of precincts reporting
CandidatesPartyVote Count% Votes Cast
BushRep15,53055
KerryDem12,18944
BadnarikLib2211


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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