KimC

Sorry to be meanyboots, but we're not talking about letting your opinion be influenced by a poll, which I agree is dumb. We're talking about an exit poll, which is different. All you're asking is who the person voted for, and the only reason is to find out who they voted for. It's the simplest kind of poll, is usually very accurate, and is not "crap" at all.

It IS possible that early voting could have affected these polls...but early voters could easily have been included. I don't know if they were or not, but that would be one question to ask. If they were not asked, the next step would be to look at the early votes and see if they heavily favored Bush. If so, that could explain the discrepancy. If not, it could not explain the discrepancy, and other explanations should be looked for. But someone should actually DO this, not just speculate about it.