# Drudge: Exit polls show big Obama Win **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 4, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-exit-polls-show-big-obama-win/471163 "2008-11-04T22:54:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-exit-polls-show-big-obama-win/471163/1 "2008-11-04T22:54:01Z")
[www.drudgereport.com](http://www.drudgereport.com) The exit polls also show Obama +15 in PA, and the Dems with 58 Senate seats… ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-exit-polls-show-big-obama-win/471163/2 "2008-11-04T23:05:13Z")
From 538: [10 Reasons You Should Ignore Exit Polls](http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/ten-reasons-why-you-should-ignore-exit.html), though I’d say #11 is “They get your hopes up.” ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-exit-polls-show-big-obama-win/471163/3 "2008-11-04T23:08:49Z")
Drudge also has a penchant for distortion and ass-pulling-things-out-of-ing. While I’d like it to be true, and wouldn’t be surprised if there was an iota of truth to it (blind pigs and acorns) I think it much more likely that it’s part of an overall effort to scare out the vote. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-exit-polls-show-big-obama-win/471163/4 "2008-11-04T23:09:20Z")
They actually do point at Drudge as one of the reasons why those polls should be ignored. > [@](#): > > 1. “Leaked” exit poll results may not be the genuine article. Sometimes, sources like Matt Drudge and Jim Geraghty have gotten their hands on the actual exit polls collected by the network pools. At other times, they may be reporting data from “first-wave” exit polls, which contain extremely small sample sizes and are not calibrated for their demographics. And at other places on the Internet (though likely not from Gergahty and Drudge, who actually have reasonably good track records), you may see numbers that are completely fabricated. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-exit-polls-show-big-obama-win/471163/5 "2008-11-04T23:11:04Z")
But the thing is that NOBODY got these results until 5pm (because Drudge used to leak them earlier in the day). Drudge isn’t just making it up. I’ll guess that Obama is overstated in these polls, but he still wins big. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-exit-polls-show-big-obama-win/471163/6 "2008-11-04T23:23:28Z")
Exit polls cannot be trusted; they’re subject to huge errors. Ignore them. Real results will be along soon. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-exit-polls-show-big-obama-win/471163/7 "2008-11-04T23:32:16Z")
President Kerry outlawed exit polls as his first act after crushing Bush, did you forget? ---
**Author:** ![Burton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Burton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burton)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-exit-polls-show-big-obama-win/471163/8 "2008-11-04T23:39:48Z")
More evil doing he’s deliberately trying to mislead people into not voting. The same thing with that asshole Carl Rove. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-exit-polls-show-big-obama-win/471163/9 "2008-11-04T23:46:28Z")
I remember Drudge calling it for Kerry last time, when the Ohio leaks happened. I’m much more optimistic this time around, but I’m just saying… ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drudge-exit-polls-show-big-obama-win/471163/10 "2008-11-05T00:27:09Z")
> [@Burton](#): > > More evil doing he’s deliberately trying to mislead people into not voting. The same thing with that asshole Carl Rove. Yeah, the way Drudge is going this election season, I’d be more willing to believe that it’s a tight race and he wants the people still waiting in line to go home.