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11.5.04

Speaking as a person who has done some programming, the following bits of information are troubling:

Instances of computer errors in Bush’s favor (In Ohio) have been confirmed (Link, Similar story in NC).
“One thing that is very strange is how much the exit polls differed from the final results, especially in Ohio. Remember that Ohio uses Diebold voting machines in many areas. These machines have no paper trail. Early in the campaign, Diebold CEO Walden O’Dell, a GOP fundraiser, promised to deliver Ohio to Bush. He later regretted having said that.” – electoral-vote.com (link to O’Dell Quote)

I’m trying really hard to just accept the situation and not get sucked into the crazy conspiracy theories that are already circulating, and I certainly don’t doubt the willful stupidity of my countrymen. But still…

MC5 – ‘The American Ruse’
From: Back in the USA (1970)

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Comments

11.6.04

Will says:

There are less conspiracy theory-oriented explanations for the discrepancy between the exit polls and the actual vote count. Exit polls aren’t perfect. Not everyone answers, and people may be more likely to answer if the questioner is the same gender as them or something like that. So for instance if the polling people happened to be more likely to be women, you might have seen more women responding and so the Democrats would look better than they actually were. Or maybe Democrats are just more likely to respond to exit polls.

11.7.04

Ted says:

Instead of worrying about the election, think about this. That’s what I’ve been doing.

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