We have a few threads about some aspects of the election, but there's going to be a firehose of information generated over the next 12 hours which we needn't clutter the other political threads with.
So anything election, polling, etc related has a home here.
The first things we're probably going to see are exit polls. The major news organizations fund a single exit poll which is only occurring in 37 states this year (due to cost). But they've all agreed that prior to the polls closing in each state, they won't announce that state's exit poll results - at most they agreed they can post trends, but ever since the 2004 exit poll fiasco (many news organizations called it for Kerry before the polls closed in various states) they are being somewhat more circumspect with exit polls. While the results are secret to the public, they are available to the news organizations in real time, so it'll be interesting to see them try to avoid leaks.
I decided election night is as good a reason as any to hold a party, so anyone who wants to come up to Michigan to watch the ups and downs as the news organizations repeat the same thing over and over and over, come on over! You can tell it's my house, I'm the only one in the area with a Romney sign.
I will post things I find interesting as the news coverage expands.
So anything election, polling, etc related has a home here.
The first things we're probably going to see are exit polls. The major news organizations fund a single exit poll which is only occurring in 37 states this year (due to cost). But they've all agreed that prior to the polls closing in each state, they won't announce that state's exit poll results - at most they agreed they can post trends, but ever since the 2004 exit poll fiasco (many news organizations called it for Kerry before the polls closed in various states) they are being somewhat more circumspect with exit polls. While the results are secret to the public, they are available to the news organizations in real time, so it'll be interesting to see them try to avoid leaks.
I decided election night is as good a reason as any to hold a party, so anyone who wants to come up to Michigan to watch the ups and downs as the news organizations repeat the same thing over and over and over, come on over! You can tell it's my house, I'm the only one in the area with a Romney sign.
I will post things I find interesting as the news coverage expands.
