The Final National Exit Poll: Always Adjusted to Match the Recorded Vote

 

TruthIsAll

 

Feb. 7, 2009

 

The distinction between unadjusted and adjusted Final National Exit Poll (NEP) is the cause of much confusion and misinformation. The Final “contaminates” raw, unadjusted polling data by forcing a match to the recorded vote. If the vote count is fraudulent, simple logic dictates that the Final Exit Poll does not provide the True Vote, but rather a corrupt one.  Furthermore, all demographic category crosstabs would also need to be adjusted and would result in misleading statistics. This analysis will prove that in each of the 2004, 2006, 2008 elections, the Final NEP used an impossible returning voter mix to match the recorded vote. Therefore, the recorded vote also had to be impossible. It overstated the Republican vote share (and understated the Democratic share) by 3-4% in each election.

 

Media pundits (even those on the left) always make the same claim: that the early exit polls are wrong since they don’t match the recorded vote. But they don’t even mention the possibility that Election Fraud may be the reason for the discrepancies.  They never considered the possibility that the recorded vote may have been miscounted and therefore the preliminary exit polls were essentially correct. They assumed the count was accurate. Pundits who should know better then catapulted the propaganda by stating that the final exit poll confirmed the vote count.  In so doing, they continue to promote the myth that the elections are fraud-free. And they have done so in every election since 2004.

 

They dismiss the accuracy of the early exit polls, claiming they were not designed to predict the True Vote but just to provide a demographic snapshot of the electorate. But if that’s the case, and the recorded vote count is corrupted, then so are the demographics. They never did the analysis that would have proved that the returning voter weights Final NEP were impossible.  If they had, they would have come to the same conclusion as the spreadsheet-wielding bloggers: the reported vote counts were impossible (view the spreadsheet analysis below).

 

It’s standard operating procedure for exit pollsters to force the final state and national exit polls to match the recorded vote - even if it means using impossible weights and implausible vote shares. The procedure assumes a fraud-free election – not exactly a reality-based assumption.

 

Apart from the Final National Exit Poll, there is a mountain of documented evidence to suggest that the 2004, 2006 and 2008 elections were fraudulent. Since the final state and national exit polls were forced to match the official results, a serious analyst would focus on the changes in vote shares and weights from the unadjusted, “pristine” exit polls that were required. But serious analysts of election fraud are still maligned by the mainstream media and others who frequent election forums with an obvious agenda: to hide the truth about election fraud from the public.


2008

 

The Final 2008 National Exit Poll was forced to match the recorded vote: Obama by 69.4-59.9 million (52.9-45.6%). It indicates that returning Bush 2004 voters comprised 46% (60.4m) of the 131.37 million voters in 2008. Bush won by 62.0-59.0 million recorded votes in 2004. Approximately 3.0m (4.8%) died, therefore at most 59.0m Bush voters returned in 2008. Assuming that 3.0m did not vote (95% turnout), there were 4 million more returning Bush voters than could have voted. The returning voter mix implies that Bush won by 52.9-42.5%. But the actual recorded vote share was Bush 50.73- Kerry 48.27%.

 

The Final also indicates that returning Kerry voters comprised just 37% (48.4m) of the 2008 electorate. Kerry had 59.0 million recorded votes in 2004.   How could there have been 11.7 million more returning Bush voters than Kerry voters? Bush won by just 3.0 million votes. One would expect that Kerry voters would be more motivated to vote for Obama than Bush voters for McCain. 

 

If the 2004 unadjusted state exit polls are to be believed, Kerry won by 52-47% (63.6-57.5m).  Assuming a 5% voter mortality rate, 54.6m Bush voters were alive in 2008. If 51.9m (95%) voted in 2008, the 2008 Final NEP inflated the number of returning Bush voters by 8.5 million.

 

The Final also indicated that third-party 2004 voters comprised 4% of the 2008 electorate – another impossibility. There were only 1.22m third party voters in 2004 (1% of the total).

 

Final 2008 National Exit Poll

Implied               2004                     Total                  Mix                    Obama                McCain            Other                 Obama             McCain         Other

Vote                  DNV                     17.08                13%                  71%                    27%                 2%                    12.1                 4.6                     0.3

42.5%                Kerry                    48.61                37%                  89%                    9%                   2%                    43.3                 4.4                     1.0

52.9%                Bush                    60.43                46%                  17%                    82%                 1%                    10.3                 49.6                   0.6

4.6%                  Other                    5.25                  4%                    66%                    24%                 10%                  3.5                   1.3                     0.5

 

114.3                 Total                     131.37              100%                52.62%               45.52%            1.86%               69.13               59.80                 2.44

 

Since the impossible Final was forced to match the recorded vote, the recorded vote must be impossible.

 

The Election Calculator used  Final 2008 NEP vote shares but not the impossible NEP return voter mix. The first scenario used the recorded 2004 vote to determine the returning voter mix (Bush 50.73-48.27%). Obama won this (unlikely) scenario by 17.6 million votes – an 8 million increase over his recorded margin. The second scenario used the unadjusted state exit poll aggregate (Kerry by 52-47%).  Obama won this (most likely) scenario by 22.6 million - a 13 million increase over his recorded margin.

 

Scenario 1:  2004 returning voter mix based on the recorded 2004 vote adjusted for

2004 voters: 3.45 million uncounted (2.74%), 4.8% mortality, 95% turnout; 3.0% uncounted in 2008

a) Obama wins by 17.6m: 75.4-57.8 (55.7-42.7%) assuming 4.0m uncounted votes (3.0% of 135.4m cast).

b) Obama wins by 15.8m: 72.5-56.7 (55.2-43.1%) assuming no uncounted votes.

 

Recorded          2004                    Total                 Mix                   Obama                McCain            Other                Obama             McCain              Other

Vote                  DNV                     21.71                16.0%              71%                    27%                2%                    15.4                 5.9                    0.4

48.27%             Kerry                   55.72                41.1%              89%                    9%                  2%                    49.6                 5.0                    1.1

50.73%             Bush                    56.86                42.0%              17%                    82%                1%                    9.7                   46.6                  0.6

1.00%               Other                   1.14                  0.8%                66%                    24%                10%                  0.8                   0.3                    0.1

 

                          Total                     135.43              100.0%            55.69%               42.66%           1.65%               75.43               57.77                2.23

 

Scenario 2:  2004 returning voter mix based on the unadjusted 2004 exit poll shares adjusted for

2004 voters: 3.45 million uncounted (2.74%), 4.8% mortality, 95% turnout; 3.0% uncounted in 2008

a) Obama wins by 22.6m: 77.9-55.3 (57.5-40.8%) assuming 4.0m uncounted votes.

b) Obama wins by 20.8m: 75.0-54.2 (57.1-41.3%) assuming no uncounted votes.

 

2004 Unadj.       2004                    Total                 Mix                   Obama                McCain            Other                Obama             McCain              Other

Exit Poll              DNV                     21.71                16.0%              71%                    27%                2%                    15.4                 5.9                    0.43

52.0%               Kerry                   59.13                43.7%              89%                    9%                  2%                    52.6                 5.3                    1.18

47.0%               Bush                    53.44                39.5%              17%                    82%                1%                    9.1                   43.8                  0.53

1.0%                 Other                   1.14                  0.8%                66%                    24%                10%                  0.8                   0.3                    0.11

 

                          Total                     135.43              100%               57.51%               40.82%           1.67%               77.88               55.28                2.27


 

2004

 

The 12:22am NEP “Voted 2000” category indicated that Bush 2000 voters comprised 41% of the 2004 electorate and Gore voters 39%. Kerry was a 51-48% winner. But in the Final NEP, the weights were adjusted to 43% and 37% – to match the Bush 51-48% margin.  The 4% increase in the spread between Gore and Bush voters was a major component of the reversal.

 

John Kerry held a steady 51-48% lead throughout the National Exit Poll timeline: at 4pm (8349 respondents); 7:30pm (11027); 12:22am (13047) - after the polls closed.  But of couurse Bush won the Final NEP by 51-48% (13660 respondents).  The Final was posted the day after the election and was forced to match the Recorded Vote count by using impossible weights and implausible vote shares.

 

The impossible 46/37 Bush/Kerry returning voter mix in the Final 2008 NEP is nothing new. The Bush 43% share was mathematically and physically impossible since it meant that Bush had 52.6 million votes in 2000; he had just 50.5 million. Approximately 2.5 million died. Therefore, only 48m former Bush voters were alive in 2004. Therefore, the Final overstated the number of returning Bush 2000 voters by more than 4.5 million.

 

The Election Calculator determined that Kerry won the True Vote by 67-57m.  A feasible returning voter mix was based on a 2000 voter annual mortality rate of 1.22% and an assumed 95% turnout of 2000 voters in 2004. The 12:22am  (Composite) vote shares were used rather than the Final NEP shares. The reason:  the Final NEP Bush vote shares were inflated, along with the 2000 Bush returning voter mix, to force a match to the recorded vote. The difference between the calculated True and recorded vote margin is 13 million – the same as in 2008.

 

2004 Final National Exit Poll

 13660 Respondents                                                              
11/03 2:05pm                                                 
2000     Votes    Weight   Kerry    Bush     Other    Kerry    Bush     Other
DNV      20.79    17%      54%      45%      1%       11.22    9.35     0.21
Gore     45.24    37%      90%      10%      0%       40.72    4.52     0.00
Bush     52.58    43%      9%       91%      0%       4.73     47.84    0.00
Other    3.67     3%       71%      21%      8%       2.60     0.77     0.29
                                                                      
Total    122.3    100%     48.48%   51.11%   0.41%    59.28    62.49    0.50
 
Preliminary National Exit Poll
13047 Respondents                                                     
11/03 12:22am                                                                  
2000     Votes    Weight   Kerry    Bush     Other    Kerry    Bush     Other
DNV      20.79    17%      57%      41%      2%       11.85    8.52     0.42
Gore     47.69    39%      91%      8%       1%       43.39    3.81     0.48
Bush     50.13    41%      10%      90%      0%       5.01     45.12    0.00
Other    3.67     3%       71%      21%      8%       2.60     0.77     0.29
                                                                      
Total    122.3    100%     51.41%   47.62%   0.97%    62.86    58.22    1.19
 
Election Calculator True Vote Model
2000                                
Voted    Recd     Unctd    Cast     Died    Alive
Gore     51.00    4.04     55.04    2.72     52.32
Bush     50.46    1.08     51.53    2.48     49.06
Other    3.96     0.27     4.23     0.21     4.02
                                            
Total    105.42   5.38     110.8    5.41     105.39
                                            
2004      Turnout    Voted   Weight   Kerry   Bush    Other
DNV      -        25.61    20.4%    57%      41%      2%
Gore     95%      49.70    39.5%    91%      8%       1%
Bush     95%      46.60    37.1%    10%      90%      0%
Other    95%      3.82     3.0%     64%      17%      19%
                                                    
Total   100.1     125.7    100%    53.23%   45.39%   1.38%
                                    66.94    57.07    1.74 
 

2006 Midterms

 

At 7pm, the Bush/Kerry NEP returning voter mix was 47/45%. It was changed to 49/43% in the Final. Once again, the exit pollsters had to match the vote count by increasing the spread 4%! This had a major effect in reducing the Democratic margin from 55-43% at 7pm to 52-46% in the Final.

 

The Democratic Tsunami gained 31 congressional seats. But they actually did much better than that. A regression trend analysis of 120 pre-election Generic polls (all won by the Democrats) projected they would win by 56-42% and gain over 40 seats. The 7pm National Exit Poll confirmed the pre-election trend. But the next day, the Final NEP was once again forced to match a corrupted vote count with implausible weights and vote shares. The Democratic margin was cut in half. The fraud resulted in the loss of 10-20 seats.

 

National Exit Poll Timeline vs. the True Vote (based on the Generic Poll Trend)
 
        --------- 7:07pm -----------   -------------- Final --------   ------ True Generic Vote -----
        MIX    Dem     Rep     Other   MIX     Dem     Rep     Other   MIX     Dem     Rep     Other
Kerry   45%     93%     6%      1%      43%     92%     7%      1%      49%     93%     6%     1%
Bush    47%     17%     82%     1%      49%     15%     83%     2%      46%     17%     82%    1%
Other   4%      67%     23%     10%     4%      66%     23%     11%     1%      67%     23%    10%
DNV     4%      67%     30%     3%      4%      66%     32%     2%      4%      67%     30%    3%
 
TOTAL   100%   55.2%   43.4%   1.4%    100%    52.2%   45.9%   1.9%    100%    56.7%   42.1%    1.2%
 

 

The 2004 State Exit Poll Aggregate Timeline

 

Edison-Mitofsky provided four aggregate state exit poll measures.

Kerry won the first three; Bush won the Final:

1) WPE          51.8-47.2% (unadjusted)

2) GEO          51.0-48.5% (adjusted to incoming recorded votes)

3) Composite 50.3-49.1% (12:22am-adjusted to pre-election polls)

4) Final          48.5-51.1% (matched to recorded vote)

 

WPE is the only unadjusted (“pristine”) method.  It is based on the average discrepancy between the exit poll result and recorded vote for all precincts polled in the state. Measures (2) and (3) are adjusted estimates which incorporate pre-election polls and recorded votes. The final state exit polls were forced to match the recorded votes, therefore implying ZERO election fraud. Why should we believe them? And why bother doing exit polls at all if they will just assume that the recorded vote count was the True Vote?

 

                                                                                                                                          

                                             Edison-Mitofsky Exit Poll Estimates                                                                         

                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                          

             RECORDED VOTE            WPE (WITHIN PRECINCT ERROR)                 BEST GEO                     COMPOSITE 12:40am                                                                                  

 

Kerry

Bush

Margin

EV

 

Kerry

Bush

Margin

WPE

EV

 

Kerry

Bush

Margin

Error

EV

 

Kerry

Bush

Margin

Error

EV

 

 

Total

48.27

50.73

(2.46)

251

 

51.84

47.18

4.7

7.11

324

 

51.04

48.49

2.56

5.01

301

 

50.26

49.11

1.15

3.60

288

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AL

36.8

62.5

(25.6)

 

 

42.5

56.8

(14.3)

11.3

 

 

42.0

57.5

(15.5)

10.1

 

 

40.6

58.7

(18.1)

7.5

 

 

 

AK

35.5

61.1

(25.5)

 

 

40.3

56.3

(15.9)

9.6

 

 

41.2

57.4

(16.2)

9.3

 

 

39.0

58.8

(19.8)

5.7

 

 

 

AZ

44.4

54.9

(10.5)

 

 

46.7

52.6

(5.9)

4.6

 

 

46.5

53.5

(7.0)

3.5

 

 

46.8

53.2

(6.4)

4.1

 

 

 

AR

44.5

54.3

(9.8)

 

 

44.8

54.1

(9.3)

0.5

 

 

46.8

52.4

(5.6)

4.2

 

 

47.0

52.2

(5.2)

4.6

 

 

 

CA

54.3

44.4

9.9

55

 

59.8

38.9

20.8

10.9

55

 

56.5

43.5

13.0

3.1

55

 

56.5

43.5

13.0

3.1

55

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CO

47.0

51.7

(4.7)

 

 

50.1

48.6

1.4

6.1

9

 

47.0

52.5

(5.5)

(0.8)

 

 

47.7

51.4

(3.7)

1.0

 

 

 

CT

54.3

43.9

10.4

7

 

62.2

36.1

26.1

15.7

7

 

59.3

39.6

19.7

9.3

7

 

58.1

40.5

17.6

7.2

7

 

 

DE

53.3

45.8

7.6

3

 

61.3

37.8

23.5

15.9

3

 

61.5

37.9

23.6

16.0

3

 

57.7

41.2

16.5

8.9

3

 

 

DC

89.2

9.3

79.8

3

 

90.9

7.6

83.2

3.4

3

 

91.1

8.1

83.0

3.2

3

 

90.2

8.4

81.8

2.0

3

 

 

FL

47.1

52.1

(5.0)

 

 

50.9

48.3

2.6

7.6

27

 

49.2

50.3

(1.1)

3.9

 

 

49.3

50.1

(0.8)

4.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GA

41.4

58.0

(16.6)

 

 

42.5

56.9

(14.4)

2.2

 

 

43.5

56.5

(13.0)

3.6

 

 

43.0

57.1

(14.1)

2.5

 

 

 

HI

54.0

45.3

8.7

4

 

56.4

42.9

13.4

4.7

4

 

56.5

43.4

13.1

4.4

4

 

53.6

46.4

7.2

(1.5)

4

 

 

ID

30.3

68.4

(38.1)

 

 

30.8

67.9

(37.1)

1.0

 

 

30.9

69.1

(38.2)

(0.1)

 

 

31.6

68.3

(36.7)

1.4

 

 

 

IL

54.8

44.5

10.3

21

 

57.0

42.3

14.7

4.4

21

 

57.5

42.6

14.9

4.6

21

 

57.0

42.9

14.1

3.8

21

 

 

IN

39.3

59.9

(20.7)

 

 

40.0

59.2

(19.2)

1.5

 

 

40.5

59.6

(19.1)

1.6

 

 

41.3

58.8

(17.5)

3.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IA

49.2

49.9

(0.7)

 

 

50.7

48.4

2.3

3.0

7

 

50.0

49.0

1.0

1.7

7

 

50.0

49.0

1.0

1.7

7

 

 

KS

36.6

62.0

(25.4)

 

 

37.5

61.2

(23.7)

1.7

 

 

36.6

62.8

(26.2)

(0.8)

 

 

34.4

64.6

(30.2)

(4.8)

 

 

 

KY

39.7

59.6

(19.9)

 

 

39.6

59.6

(20.0)

(0.1)

 

 

40.6

58.6

(18.0)

1.9

 

 

40.9

58.3

(17.4)

2.5

 

 

 

LA

42.2

56.7

(14.5)

 

 

44.1

54.8

(10.7)

3.8

 

 

43.2

56.3

(13.1)

1.4

 

 

44.3

54.8

(10.5)

4.0

 

 

 

ME

53.6

44.6

9.0

4

 

55.5

42.7

12.8

3.8

4

 

54.3

44.6

9.7

0.7

4

 

53.9

44.4

9.5

0.5

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MD

55.9

42.9

13.0

10

 

60.0

38.9

21.1

8.1

10

 

59.4

39.7

19.7

6.7

10

 

56.6

42.5

14.1

1.1

10

 

 

MA

61.9

36.8

25.2

12

 

64.8

33.9

31.0

5.8

12

 

66.3

33.6

32.7

7.5

12

 

65.7

34.2

31.5

6.3

12

 

 

MI

51.2

47.8

3.4

17

 

54.4

44.7

9.7

6.3

17

 

51.8

47.3

4.5

1.1

17

 

51.9

47.1

4.8

1.4

17

 

 

MN

51.1

47.6

3.5

9

 

55.7

43.0

12.8

9.3

9

 

56.7

42.4

14.3

10.8

9

 

53.7

44.9

8.8

5.3

9

 

 

MS

40.2

59.0

(18.9)

 

 

45.8

53.4

(7.6)

11.3

 

 

46.2

53.2

(7.0)

11.9

 

 

43.4

56.0

(12.6)

6.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MO

46.1

53.3

(7.2)

 

 

49.0

50.4

(1.4)

5.8

 

 

47.8

52.2

(4.4)

2.8

 

 

47.8

52.1

(4.3)

2.9

 

 

 

MT

38.6

59.1

(20.5)

 

 

37.7

60.0

(22.3)

(1.8)

 

 

37.8

59.9

(22.1)

(1.6)

 

 

37.2

60.0

(22.8)

(2.3)

 

 

 

NE

32.7

65.9

(33.2)

 

 

36.7

61.8

(25.1)

8.1

 

 

37.5

61.7

(24.2)

9.0

 

 

36.1

62.6

(26.5)

6.7

 

 

 

NV

47.9

50.5

(2.6)

 

 

52.9

45.4

7.5

10.1

5

 

49.3

47.9

1.4

4.0

5

 

48.9

48.3

0.6

3.2

5

 

 

NH

50.2

48.9

1.4

4

 

57.0

42.1

15.0

13.6

4

 

57.1

42.1

15.0

13.6

4

 

55.1

43.9

11.2

9.8

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NJ

52.9

46.2

6.7

15

 

57.8

41.4

16.4

9.7

15

 

58.4

40.2

18.2

11.5

15

 

55.3

42.8

12.5

5.8

15

 

 

NM

49.0

49.8

(0.8)

 

 

52.9

45.9

7.0

7.8

5

 

51.7

47.5

4.2

5.0

5

 

50.8

48.0

2.8

3.6

5

 

 

NY

58.4

40.1

18.3

31

 

64.1

34.4

29.7

11.4

31

 

65.1

33.8

31.3

13.0

31

 

63.1

35.5

27.6

9.3

31

 

 

NC

43.6

56.0

(12.4)

 

 

49.2

50.4

(1.1)

11.3

 

 

48.2

51.8

(3.6)

8.8

 

 

48.1

51.9

(3.8)

8.6

 

 

 

ND

35.5

62.9

(27.4)