From
GOP.com:
BEWARE OF EXIT POLLS!
"Biased And Inaccurate Predictions Have Led To Poor
GOP Exit Poll Showings In Past Three National Elections"!!
(Notice the picture of Johns Kerry and Edwards prematurely declaring victory to the left?)
I don't have cable tv, but I expect this talking point to be rolled out early afternoon today.
More from GOP.com, "Fast Facts on Exit Polling":
FAST FACTS ON EXIT POLLING
* Election Experts Believe Exit Polls Give An Edge And Sway Towards Democrat Candidates.
* National Exit Polls Will Skew In Favor Of Democrats This Year, Due To Large Numbers Of Uncontested Democrat Seats In The House Of Representatives.
* Early Exit Polling Returns In 2004 Were Widely Inaccurate, Declaring Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) To Be The Next President Of The United States And Republicans Barely Holding A One Seat Majority In The U.S. Senate.
* In The 2002 Midterm Elections, Exit Polling Produced Unusable Data.
* In 2000, Exit Polling Malfunctioned And Incorrectly Projecting Vice President Al Gore As The Winner Of The Crucial Battleground State Of Florida.
And here's another gem:
Democrats More Likely Than Republicans To Respond To Exit Polls:
October 2006 Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll Found Democrats Were More Likely To Respond To Exit Polls Than Republicans.
* 72% Of Democrats Responded They Were Very Or Somewhat Likely To Fill Out Questionnaire, Compared To 66% Of Republicans. (Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll, 10/26/06)
* 44% Of Democrats Claimed They Were Very Likely To Fill Out Exit Poll Survey, Compared To 35% Of Republicans. (Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll, 10/26/06)
* Democrats (37%-10%) And Republicans (25%-18%) Agreed That Democrats Are More Likely To Share How They Voted With A Pollster They Do Not Know. (Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll, 10/26/06)
Link here.