Voters and politicians had tuned in for the
outcome of the exit poll; a usually accurate predictor of who will form the next government.
(CNN)- Democrats narrowly clung to their Senate majority Tuesday, staving off Republican wins in several key states, CNN projected, based on its analysis
of exit poll data.
To make matters worse, on polling day, Galloway was reported to police for contravening section 66 of the Representation of the People's Act by re-tweeting the
results of an exit poll while voting was still open.
The latest wave
of exit polls show New Democracy expanding its tiny lead of the left - wing SYRIZA coalition.
I read a terrific study by Richard Charnin, who is a mathematician, a liberal Democrat, an eccentric but brilliant guy, who concludes on the
basis of the exit polls and the actual vote on a precinct - by - precinct basis that the swing can not be that wide without widespread voter fraud.
Voting patterns among evangelicals of color are a different story, but one that can only be captured in broad strokes due to the
limitations of exit poll surveys.
For a variety of reasons (including the impact of high levels of undecided voters in a specific poll), the actual result of an election contest may vary from the figures suggested by an opinion poll, even if the poll is carried out relatively close to election day, or on election day itself as in the
case of exit polls, but the likelihood of such variation is not something that can be factored into this model.
The Ninth District's unusual demographics, and the
lack of exit polling, make it hard to determine how much the marriage issue affected the election.
Analysis
of the exit poll by Prof John Curtice of the University of Strthclyde suggests that north east Wales could buck the Conservative to Labour swing.
Any analysis
of exit polling reveals a welter of numbers whose meaning remains slightly elusive, with issues or candidate characteristics described as «very important,» «somewhat important,» or «not important at all» by voters.
I feel great that we had the
kind of exit polls that we did,» said Chris Aronson, distribution chief for Fox.
According to an
aggregate of exit polls, the BJP will win Gujarat with 116 of 182 seats and also wrest Himachal Pradesh from the Congress.
The second
wave of exit polls, which came out at 8:30 PM Athens time shows the New Democracy party — lead by Antonis Samaras — clinging to a 1 % ~ lead over the left - wing SYRIZA coalition.
In the first wave
of exit polls that came out at 12:00 PM ET, the pro-bailout, conservative New Democracy party held a razor thin 0.5 % lead over the leftist SYRIZA party.
«Let's not beat around the bush, of course we would have preferred a better result, that's completely clear,» Merkel said after the announcement
of the exit polls.