Comments on: Voting hint for the day https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/06/voting-hint-for-the-day/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:15:13 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/06/voting-hint-for-the-day/#comment-19946 RobVG Wed, 07 Nov 2012 01:12:19 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=24853#comment-19946 I suppose it lends to a sense of community also. n/t I suppose it lends to a sense of community also. n/t

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/06/voting-hint-for-the-day/#comment-19944 TB Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:15:14 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=24853#comment-19944 <p>I'm old-fashioned.</p> I walk into a poll on Election Day with my wife and fill out a ballot. I figure the longer I wait, the more information I have to work with. We'll be going over tonight as soon as my wife is off work. My son voted by mail, my daughter in person. I'm tempted to wait until tomorrow morning to check results. The idiots are calling races already based on exit polls, when huge numbers of people voted early and by mail, and over thirty states aren't even being polled. I’m old-fashioned.

I walk into a poll on Election Day with my wife and fill out a ballot. I figure the longer I wait, the more information I have to work with. We’ll be going over tonight as soon as my wife is off work.

My son voted by mail, my daughter in person.

I’m tempted to wait until tomorrow morning to check results. The idiots are calling races already based on exit polls, when huge numbers of people voted early and by mail, and over thirty states aren’t even being polled.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/06/voting-hint-for-the-day/#comment-19943 RobVG Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:12:10 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=24853#comment-19943 We have a mail in ballot now in Washington. I voted last week. We have a mail in ballot now in Washington. I voted last week.

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/06/voting-hint-for-the-day/#comment-19942 alcaray Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:39:07 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=24853#comment-19942 Based on my internal polling. Based on my internal polling.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/06/voting-hint-for-the-day/#comment-19941 TB Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:38:52 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=24853#comment-19941 <p>It's going to be raw chaos for a while.</p> The exit polls are going to be crap, for a number of reasons. For one, a bunch of states were excluded this time around: <img src="http://bizzyblog.com/wp-images/ExitPollExcludedStates2012.png" alt="" width="350" /> Note the political balance here. It’s going to be raw chaos for a while.

The exit polls are going to be crap, for a number of reasons.

For one, a bunch of states were excluded this time around:

Note the political balance here.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/06/voting-hint-for-the-day/#comment-19940 TB Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:33:58 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=24853#comment-19940 That's not "interpretation." That's knowledge. That’s not “interpretation.” That’s knowledge.

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/06/voting-hint-for-the-day/#comment-19939 alcaray Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:20:21 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=24853#comment-19939 To believe it would be bad interpretation. But receiving the info did me no harm. To believe it would be bad interpretation. But receiving the info did me no harm.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/06/voting-hint-for-the-day/#comment-19938 TB Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:15:15 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=24853#comment-19938 <p>"Cyanide is good for curing measles."</p> There. That's bad information. “Cyanide is good for curing measles.”

There. That’s bad information.

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/06/voting-hint-for-the-day/#comment-19933 alcaray Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:49:09 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=24853#comment-19933 I don't think any dragging is required. I don’t think any dragging is required.

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/06/voting-hint-for-the-day/#comment-19932 alcaray Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:46:57 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=24853#comment-19932 There is no bad information. Only bad interpretation. There is no bad information. Only bad interpretation.

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