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« on: July 22, 2018, 12:46:23 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2018, 01:03:18 PM »

Honestly answer:

Yes for provincial elections, no for federal. I don't like staying up till 3am.
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« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2018, 01:07:27 PM »
Quote from: DC Al Fine on July 22, 2018, 01:03:18 PM

Honestly answer:

Yes for provincial elections, no for federal. I don't like staying up till 3am.
I thought exit polls are illegal in Canada.
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« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2018, 01:15:13 PM »
Quote from: Freedom Has Triumphed on July 22, 2018, 01:07:27 PM
Quote from: DC Al Fine on July 22, 2018, 01:03:18 PM

Honestly answer:

Yes for provincial elections, no for federal. I don't like staying up till 3am.
I thought exit polls are illegal in Canada.

I read it more like "if initial results imply landslide loss"
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« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2018, 01:36:32 PM »
No. I don't like to purposefully subject myself to unpleasant things.
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« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2018, 02:06:08 PM »
I would.
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« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2018, 02:26:36 PM »
Yes, in fact, I was quite excited by the 2016 exit polls when I saw that unlike 2012, voters were choosing "Strong Leader" (Trump) over "Shares my values" (Clinton). I knew that was good for Trump and that it could be an interesting night.

It didn't really sink in until Chris Wallace said something to the effect of "I think we are now open to the possibility...Donald Trump could be the next President of the United States." Then came Ohio, North Carolina, Florida and Wisconsin all by 11:30pm. Unlike people watching other networks who didn't call Wisconsin, I knew he had the three+one blue state and had already won the election.
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« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2018, 02:29:04 PM »
Quote from: Reaganfan on July 22, 2018, 02:26:36 PM
Yes, in fact, I was quite excited by the 2016 exit polls when I saw that unlike 2012, voters were choosing "Strong Leader" (Trump) over "Shares my values" (Clinton). I knew that was good for Trump and that it could be an interesting night.

It didn't really sink in until Chris Wallace said something to the effect of "I think we are now open to the possibility...Donald Trump could be the next President of the United States." Then came Ohio, North Carolina, Florida and Wisconsin all by 11:30pm. Unlike people watching other networks who didn't call Wisconsin, I knew he had the three+one blue state and had already won the election.

Yes but 2016 exit polls didnt even come close to showing a landslide defeat. What I mean are exit polls what show a double-digit defeat for your side or something close to it
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« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2018, 02:30:31 PM »
No, and I wouldn't do it if we were winning bigly either. The show's over either way.

And yes, the hypocrisy/irony/paradox/what-have-you of that attitude while lamenting how the media keeps artificially creates horse-races [90% of the time at the expense of Democrats] were there really shouldn't be isn't lost on me.
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« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2018, 03:00:09 PM »
« Edited: July 22, 2018, 04:54:43 PM by Cory Booker »
2014 and 2016 , I did; however 2010 didnt due to fact GOP won 60 seats
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« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2018, 03:32:54 PM »

Yes.

Spanish exit polls are incredibly inaccurate and it's not like the count takes much time, by midnight usually like 99% of the vote is already counted

The 2016 election is a good example.
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« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2018, 06:52:54 PM »
Nope, I’d probably do something better like play a video game for a couple hours then check back in, and hopefully things would’ve improved.
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« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2018, 06:59:40 PM »
No, but I'd check in like every hour to survey the damages.
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« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2018, 07:03:17 PM »
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« Reply #14 on: July 22, 2018, 07:09:33 PM »
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« Reply #15 on: July 22, 2018, 07:25:30 PM »
Yes. American exit polls are trash.
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