Election 2018 Open Thread - Part 1

[OBD]

30 minutes

[Pandaguineapig]

Yeah individual state approvals for Trump are pretty screwy. Like I've said, initial exit polls have pretty much never been right yet we still allow them to shape our view of the election going in

[libertpaulian]

Anything for Indiana?

[Yank2133]

65+: R+1

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If that is true....wow.

[Strong Candidate]

Very cautiously optimistic.

[Sestak]

First closings in 1800 seconds.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Hope Scott Wins


He is by far one of the 3 best Republican candidates running this year

That’s a pretty stunning indictment on the rest of the other candidates then if a Medicare Fraud is your best

He has been a great governor



And he never was even charged for Medicare fraud or even sued for it

[J. J.]

Democrats HOLD Guam-At Large.

Where is Dixville's Notch when you need it?   

[Umengus]

Approval better in Florida than Missouri.

Yeah exits are trash, News at 10

with JA at 51, it's good news in FL for GOP.

[The Free North]

Hype hype hype

[AtorBoltox]

Showing Nancy Pelosi numbers but not Paul Ryan or Mitch McConnell? What a joke

[Progressive]

65+: R+1

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Bad for GOP right

[henster]

Does the exit poll capture the early vote may explain high FL numbers..

[Donald Trump’s Toupée]

It really should be illegal to broadcast exit polls until voting is completely over. nation-wide Exit polls can influence the election.

And yes, this would bring up the first amendment but surely you can outlaw exit polls on the basis of election interference.

[Horsemask]

Looking forward to tonight with all of you.

[Oryxslayer]

https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1059936644768452608

[wbrocks67]

Trump approval higher in FL than MO? oh

[Oryxslayer]

It really should be illegal to broadcast exit polls until voting is completely over. Exit polls can influence the election.

And yes, this would bring up the first amendment but surely you can outlaw exit polls on the basis of election interference.

Eh, some countries Ban exit/same day polls. The end result is that they just end up published in neighbors papers under disguised names.

[Not Me, Us]

Looking forward to tonight with all of you.

[Ben.]

It really should be illegal to broadcast exit polls until voting is completely over. Exit polls can influence the election.

And yes, this would bring up the first amendment but surely you can outlaw exit polls on the basis of election interference.

Eh, some countries Ban exit/same day polls. The end result is that they just end up published in neighbors papers under disguised names.

In most countries election day voting runs through to 10/11pm. Just a thought

[Pandaguineapig]

Trump approval higher in FL than MO? oh

Yeah maybe taking initial exit polls as gospel might be a bad idea

[Oryxslayer]

https://twitter.com/mcpli/status/1059930775334895617

Here is a Texas rumor...

[jdk]

It really should be illegal to broadcast exit polls until voting is completely over. Exit polls can influence the election.

And yes, this would bring up the first amendment but surely you can outlaw exit polls on the basis of election interference.

By that logic, then it should be illegal to broadcast/ publish the results of any polling....

[The Free North]

20 minutes!

[RI]

Fox News voter analysis data:

65-34 on economy
51% want to repeal Obamacare
46% support the wall
66% think political correctness has gone too far