>I'm making a general comment about the overall accuracy of polling and of exit polls in response to Marcia's claim that polls don't mean much. I'm not claiming that this election was rigged.
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>Hmmm. Then exactly what funny business were you referring to when you made this statement?
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>Historically, in the modern era of polling, polls have done a pretty good job of predicting the vote. In particular, exit polls have been quite accurate. In fact, when we (the US and other western countries) look at elections in other countries, when the results are widely different from the exit polls, we tend to suspect funny business.

I made a statement of fact. When the US, the UN, the EU and others monitor elections in other countries, one of the factors in deciding whether the election was honest is whether the votes match the exit polls reasonably well.

Once again, I was responding to your comment that implied that polls are worthless. I was not making an assertion as to whether our election was honest.

Tamar