Fox News calls exit polls unreliable
Cory Bergman November 8th, 2006
A member of the National Election Pool, Fox News reported in the middle of its coverage last night that the exit poll numbers were unreliable and the cable network was not considering them in its decision desk analysis.
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1. Dave | November 8th, 2006 at 10:30 am
So did they wait for actual results or did they just guess?
If they waited… good for them. Honestly, I just don’t like exit polling. It gets my hopes up only to be wrong.
If they guessed… was it all Republican or something?
2. Stephen Downes | November 8th, 2006 at 3:22 pm
I guess they were expecting the vote to be fixed, but it didn’t pan out, and the Democrats somehow won.
3. John | November 8th, 2006 at 7:07 pm
> I guess they were expecting the vote to be fixed, but it didn’t pan out, and the Democrats somehow won.
Your an idiot.
4. Holden | November 9th, 2006 at 11:07 am
Exit poll numbers are unreliable, and I don’t think that’s news to anyone. Networks often rely too heavily on them in their rush to be the first to call a race, and sometimes it backfires. Good to see that Fox would rather wait and get it right than get wrapped up in the we-called-it-first melee.
5. Michael Chastain | November 9th, 2006 at 11:41 am
I dislike making predictions based off of exit polls as well, but I wonder whether this was a decision based on ethics or politics. Why wait until so late to make the announcement? Why no qualms about using exit polls in previous elections?
6. Sam | January 18th, 2008 at 7:50 am
Wow, thanks for the excellent information!
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