# Early exit poll leaks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-exit-poll-leaks/436448>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 5, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-exit-poll-leaks/436448 "2008-02-05T23:25:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-exit-poll-leaks/436448/1 "2008-02-05T23:25:51Z")

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Does anybody know of a website that tracks the early exit poll leaks?

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**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-exit-poll-leaks/436448/2 "2008-02-06T16:49:37Z")

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Heh. Your poll is leaking. Early. Heh heh.

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**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-exit-poll-leaks/436448/3 "2008-02-06T16:55:16Z")

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Heh heh heh. Okay, now you both are making me snerk.

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**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-exit-poll-leaks/436448/4 "2008-02-19T22:30:54Z")

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_bump_

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-exit-poll-leaks/436448/5 "2008-02-19T22:54:51Z")

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I’ve found CNN to be a good source, unless you’re looking for polls released before voting is over, and I don’t think that information should be available.

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**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-exit-poll-leaks/436448/6 "2008-02-20T03:31:39Z")

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[QUOTE=Captain Carrot]  
I’ve found CNN to be a good source, unless you’re looking for polls released before voting is over, and I don’t think that information should be available.  
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I’ve read that exit polls begin to be released officially at 5 PM local time. The results are in no way official, and it’s not technically a leak, but it’d be nice to know where they’re made available.