For gosh sakes, don't tell the bloggers

Posted at 1:56 PM on November 7, 2006 by Bob Collins (6 Comments)

You know how they are.

(h/t city pages)

See WSJ Online

Disclaimer: MPR bought exit polling results, but not -- at my suggestion -- for online use since we're required to take them down after a short period of time. First data will be in around 5, I'm told, but we won't use it until the polls close. And I won't blog about it at all.

Comments (6)

I think boggers should be told. You suck, you a-hole.

Posted by Blogger | November 7, 2006 2:44 PM

You know how _they_ are.

Takes one to know one I'd say... :-)

I still think the GOP's sneaky robo-calling campaign deserves more attention than it's received.

Posted by David Wilford | November 7, 2006 3:51 PM

How about instituting a civil contract that NOONE talks about election results until the morning after the election. I managed to wait (two weeks!) until christmas morning to open my presents when I was 8 years old. One would hope that the adults of this country could show a tad more patience in waiting for election results which will in all likely-hood have very slight impact on their lives.

Posted by wsuprof | November 7, 2006 3:58 PM

Well, disagree... obviously. Which is why my *favorite* races are the ones I didn't talk about much -- Legislature. Those races *do* have an almost immediate impact on your life. Go ask the the folks who can't get MinnesotaCare anymore who actually work for a living.

Posted by Bob Collins | November 7, 2006 5:40 PM

And why didn't legislative races get more coverage at MPR and elsewhere? This is the worst year I've ever seen for reporting on legislative (and other local) races. I don't recall hardly any posts here at Polinaut on legislative races, nor on most other blogs.

It's very likely that the Dems will take control of the House, according to my capitol sources. And it's rumored that even if the GOP does retain control, Sviggum is gone (for another job offer). Anyone else hear that?

Posted by Karl | November 7, 2006 5:47 PM

I should have made my thoughts more clear:

(1) Voting is a giant social experiment with a delicate internal mechanism. Voter turnout is very dependant on the perceived urgency of campaign issues. The goal of a democracy (I think) is to run this social expeirment with minimal external influence, ie, everybody's opinion should be measured. Hearing that a certain issue or candidate will definitely win or lose is a large external influence

(2) Exit polling data, while exciting, is a signifigant influence on voter turnout. Hearing about the results of a ballot question tonight or tomorrow will not affect the result. Ie, if minnesota care is saved, my hearing about it being saved tonight or tomorrow has no effect on it being saved.

Posted by wsuprof | November 7, 2006 6:13 PM

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