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January 27, 2004
| Exit Poll Talk

According to exit polls from various sources, health care was the number one issue on the minds of New Hampshire Democrats who voted today. Of less concern, but still importan, were the were in Iraq and the economy.

Speaking of exit polls, today was “first official electoral test of the National Election Pool (NEP), the successor to the much-maligned Voter News Service (VNS).”

VNS was the consortium of news organizations — ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News Channel, CNN and The Associated Press — that provided exit polling and analysis during the 2000 elections and helped lead off a monthlong electoral debacle by mistakenly calling Florida for Al Gore, followed hours later by premature projections that Bush won.

Hopefully, NEP will fare better.



Posted by Michele at January 27, 2004 04:59 PM | TrackBack
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