ThinkProgress has obtained CNN’s early Senate exit polls. Early exit polls are highly unreliable, but information needs to be free.
VIRGINIA
D: 52
R: 47RHODE ISLAND
D: 53
R: 46PENNSYLVANIA
D: 57
R: 42OHIO
D: 57
R: 43NEW JERSEY
D: 52
R: 45MONTANA
D: 53
R: 46MISSOURI
D: 50
R: 48MARYLAND
D: 53
R: 46TENNESSEE
D: 48
R: 51ARIZONA
D: 46
R: 50
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While the mid-term elections get all the media coverage in this country, much of the rest of the world is focused on the major international climate conference going on in Nairobi, Kenya.
Sadly, the Bush Administration continues its “stay the course” policy of refusing to take action to prevent catastrophic global warming:
While Climate Progress would love to have attended, you can get daily blogging from Nairobi from the World Resources Institute blog. They are not only providing daily updates, but have excellent background information on exactly what this conference is and on what its agenda is (and should be).
Let the data-free speculation begin, and future speculation proceed based on . . . sketchy data! Early exit polls showing people’s top issues seems to me to favor Team Blue in terms of which ways the issues cut. On the other hand, I can’t tell how the question was framed so this information is potentially meaningless. Word on the street is that Allen-Webb is very close and there won’t be a projected winner for a while.
CNN just released the first exit polls, showing that national issues matter more than local issues to voters this year, with the issue of corruption leading:
Additionally, 57 percent of the voters polled disapprove of the way the Iraq war is being run.
UPDATE: “”The reporting on the importance of national issues is off – again. It’s not correct to say that Iraq is less important than corruption or terrorism to people’s vote — it’s solely a function of question wording. The items listed on television are rated individually as “How important is this issue to you” and not against one another or as a motivator for voting.” — John Halpin
In addition to blogging at ThinkProgress all evening, some other places to tune in:
6 – 7 PM ET: Payson Schwin will lead an hour of The Young Turks with host Cenk Uygur. Jennifer Palmieri and Brian Katulis, both from the Center for American Progress, will join them to discuss the issues facing voters this Election Day. Listen here.
7 PM – 1 AM ET: Tune in to CNN for E-lection blogger coverage with Judd Legum and Nico Pitney.
8 – 11 PM ET: Amanda Terkel will blog at BBC’s Pods and Blogs and give commentary on Radio Five Live. Listen here.
Normally Google can answer all of one’s research questions, but this one is exceeding my skills. Does anyone have any idea how many people in the world are, say, seven feet tall or more? Or, relatedly, know the standard deviation of human male height?
As FireDogLake has been reporting, right-wing radio host Laura Ingraham today urged her listeners to obstruct efforts to protect voting rights by jamming a free voter protection hotline.
After playing a recording of DNC Chairman Howard Dean promoting the line to voters, Ingraham suggested her listeners call en masse:
Tell me if you think I’m crazy. This is what I’m thinking. I think we all need to call 1 888 DEM VOTE all at the same time.
The DNC has released audio recordings of some of the prank calls to the hotline. Listen to one call HERE.
Full transcript: Read more
A polling place sign in Henry County, GA:
Only problem? Georgia voters don’t need to show ID. In September, a state court struck down Georgia’s voter ID law and as People for the American Way notes, “most voters do not need to show an ID of any kind.”
(HT: PFAW)
This weekend, President Bush said, “Oh, you’ve probably heard them in Washington — all the pundits and prognosticators have already determined the outcome of the election.”
For those who didn’t hear the prognosticators, we’ve compiled a list of 2006 election predictions. Predictions are listed from most favorable to Republicans at the top to most favorable to Democrats at the bottom:
Mark Noonan, Blogs for Bush
I’ve been talking big about how well we’re going to do and my faith, shaken from time to time, never failed. Now it is to be put to the acid test – we shall know within 24 hours of this writing if I’ve been whistling past the graveyard, or have been realistic in my predictions. I’m standing by my words: the GOP gains seats in both Houses. [11/7/06]
Karl Rove, White House adviser
I’m looking at all of these [races] and adding them up. I add up to a Republican Senate and Republican House. You may end up with a different math but you are entitled to your math and I’m entitled to the math. [10/24/06]
Michael Novak, National Review
The Left is going to lose – big – because they have nothing noble, nothing beautiful, nothing real, nothing true, with which to lead. They are the merchants of illusion. And a significant majority of Americans, although not all, see through them. In a democratic election, however, it only takes a small majority to win. And the upcoming election of 2006 is not likely to be all that close. The Democrats piqued too soon. Just watch. [6/15/06]
Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review
I’m putting my money on Republicans miraculously (not totally deservingly, but it’s not about deserving it) keeping the House and the Senate, painfully narrowly. [11/7/06]
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