newsbusters.org - 11/7/2008
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As the election postmortems continue, it seems a metaphysical certitude media representatives will cast Tuesday's results as indicative of a continued national shift to the left they believe began when the Democrats took over Congress in 2006. However, the exit polls don't reflect such a shift ...
Now, here’s a shocker
sistertoldjah.com 12/7/2008 — The Washington Times reports this morning that the positive press coverage Obama received in this election has set a record:
It’s a record-setting press honeymoon.
President-elect Barack Obama has received the most positive campaign news ...
McCain Obama ‘Exit Polls’
military.rightpundits.com 11/3/2008 — Here is your thread for McCain-Obama exit polls and election results for the general election between Barack Obama and John McCain 2008. We will live-blog throughout the day on November 4, 2008, bringing you any glimpses into the exit polls for the presidential race that become available. Use ...
Fox shocker: McCain voters not all nice
firedoglake.com 11/6/2008 — And the Claude Rains Memorial Gambling Awareness Award goes to Shepard Smith of Fox News
The cameras returned to the Fox News studio after McCain's concession speech last night to a lot of Very Concerned Faces. The audience... booed. Hissed. ...
Exit Poll Data For Real
corner.nationalreview.com 11/4/2008 — Fox reporting that new voters make up 10% of voters nationwide. Polls are still open, remember. In the following states, Fox reports that the break down of new voters is
Obama McCain
Indiana 73 27
Virginia 69 31
Ohio 63 ...
Are conservatives less creative than liberals?
blogs.psychologytoday.com 11/11/2008 —
Barack Obama is the new President-elect of the United States. The significance of this cannot possibly be overstated. While certainly this is a historic moment because it raises the bar of what African Americans can aspire to, and takes ...
Some Ruminations on the Exit Polls:
volokh.com 11/5/2008 — Looking at the exit polls for a random assortment of swing states that went for Obama--Indiana, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, and Nevada--is interesting and...
Some Florida and PA Exit Poll Highlights
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 11/5/2008 — In Pennsylvania, the exit polls suggest that Barack Obama's margins in many key demographics will be similar to John Kerry's. Obama is doing slightly better among younger voters; late deciders went narrowly for McCain.
In Florida, Hispanics ...
Re: Exit poll data for real
corner.nationalreview.com 11/4/2008 — Jonah, there's no such thing as exit poll data "for real". As I said right here at 5.22pm Eastern time on Election Day 2004, "the key word in the phrase 'exit poll' is 'poll': that's all it is." So before we all get as high on the exit poll crack as ...
The young and the restless —
First Read 11/7/2008
.. to vote? In his latest blog, NBC's Luke Russert breaks down the youth vote from Tuesday's election and finds good news for the Democratic Party.
"In swing states, the youth turnout greatly helped Barack Obama beat John McCain," he ...
Record turnout? —
CNN Political Ticker 11/7/2008
(CNN) — Was there a record turnout in the election?
Of Democrats, yes. Of all voters, not so much.
We expected to see amazingly high voter turnout in this election.
Was there?
Just over 208 million voting-age American citizens were eligible to ...