CNN about to announce "Entrance Polling"

[valenciastudent]

"Entrance" polling seems somewhat dangerous to me. This means they are going to be asking people who they are voting for as they walk into the building.

Doesn't this open the floodgates for individual vote manipulation if the polltaker has nefarious intentions and collaboration from inside?

 

[Badger Paul]

Make sure our supporters talk to the entrance pollsters. IT's VERY IMPORTANT! Those polls will shape their coverage tomorrow night.

 

[LudwigVan Kubrick]

am I the only one who finds entrance polling to be very sketchy?

 

[joelmatton]

am I the only one who finds entrance polling to be very sketchy?

I agree. Supporters of any candidate could arrive in a big group and skew the numbers. That being said, I've seen entrance polls end up being very close to the final result. So I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Richandler]

I see no reason not to screw with the polls.

 

[911cartoon]

CNN wouldn't be pushing it if it wasn't sketchy.. I just watched 2 hours of CNN and they didn't mention Paul once

 

[Politicallore]

This means we do not have to be Iowans to vote! haha

 

[bolidew]

Make sure our supporters talk to the entrance pollsters. IT's VERY IMPORTANT! Those polls will shape their coverage tomorrow night.

Not a good idea, it will likely incite the rivals' supporters to actually turn out to vote!

 

[Johnnybags]

Tell em you are writing in Tancredo

if you are voting for Paul, they just want to preannounce a winner and supress turnout. We are all voting Tancredo.

 

[jdmetz]

Entrance polling makes sense for a caucus state - everyone comes at the same time and then caucuses together. The result is known before people leave, so exit polling is pointless. The entrance polls allows the result to be guessed at an hour before it is actually announced.

[Edit] It can't affect turnout - by the time it is counted and on TV it is too late to decide whether or not to go to the caucus. If you are caucusing for Paul, tell them so.

 

[Joel High]

Isn't the whole point of a Caucus over a primary to influence other voters and share your candidates point of views?

 

[skinzterpswizfan]

Isn't the whole point of a Caucus over a primary to influence other voters and share your candidates point of views?

Exactly, it should be interesting to see how accurate the entrance polling is vs. the final results. It'd be awesome to see Paul ending up w/ more support by the end of the caucus than the entrance polls say.

 

[SovereignMN]

If you are going to a caucus talk to as many entrace pollsters as you can. The more people that say "Ron Paul is my candidate" the more DIFFICULT it would be to tinker with the vote total.

 

[QuesoPantera]

CNN is on the good list

CNN wouldn't be pushing it if it wasn't sketchy.. I just watched 2 hours of CNN and they didn't mention Paul once

You must not have watched the situation room. Wolf Blitzer actually explained - ACCURATELY - how polling does not represent our support. They spent great time on the possibilities of a Dr. No surprise. all very positive stuff. All NEW stuff really.

CNN gets big props today.

 

[mkrfctr]

entrance polling or exit polling, when it goes on with an all day vote (normal election vote) can mess up the results as the people who would vote later in the day might be swayed by those results, either to change their vote, or not show up at all, or perhaps to show up when they otherwise wouldn't.

However in the case of Iowa, all the people bothering to show up all have to be at the polling places at the same time, so short of the people who already bothered showing up changing their mind once they get there due to someone watching live coverage on CNN at the caucus itself or communicating via cell phone or texting back and forth to people at home, I don't see how it would affect the outcome much at all ...

 

[xexkxex]

You must not have watched the situation room. Wolf Blitzer actually explained - ACCURATELY - how polling does not represent our support. They spent great time on the possibilities of a Dr. No surprise. all very positive stuff. All NEW stuff really.

CNN gets big props today.

I missed that. ...and I doubt it will be on the YouTube..

oh well...

entrance polling or exit polling, when it goes on with an all day vote (normal election vote) can mess up the results as the people who would vote later in the day might be swayed by those results, either to change their vote, or not show up at all, or perhaps to show up when they otherwise wouldn't.

However in the case of Iowa, all the people bothering to show up all have to be at the polling places at the same time, so short of the people who already bothered showing up changing their mind once they get there due to someone watching live coverage on CNN at the caucus itself or communicating via cell phone or texting back and forth to people at home, I don't see how it would affect the outcome much at all ...

Very good points .....very good....

 

[rasheedwallace]

Entrance polling makes sense for a caucus state - everyone comes at the same time and then caucuses together. The result is known before people leave, so exit polling is pointless. The entrance polls allows the result to be guessed at an hour before it is actually announced.

[Edit] It can't affect turnout - by the time it is counted and on TV it is too late to decide whether or not to go to the caucus. If you are caucusing for Paul, tell them so.

what he/she said

 

[davidhperry]

Make sure our supporters talk to the entrance pollsters. IT's VERY IMPORTANT! Those polls will shape their coverage tomorrow night.

Not a bad idea but the coverage actually doesn't matter that much in a caucus. Everyone pretty much enters and leaves at the same time so the reporting won't have a chance to affect the outcome.

 

[tgannaway89]

Wolf talked about landline polling. Yes, the video IS on Youtube. http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=72231

 

[curtisag]

I support entrance polling. It's the only way to guard against the election being stolen. Only close elections can be stolen, so lets make sure it's not close .