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Exit Polls?

  • 22-05-2015 11:57am
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    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,572 ✭✭✭


    Do we know of any Exit Polling tonight once the polls close at 10pm?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,921 ✭✭✭munchkin_utd


    Do we know of any Exit Polling tonight once the polls close at 10pm?
    are they even bothering to count tonight ?

    I have vague recollections of previous Referenda where there was no rush on them to start till the next day.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,572 ✭✭✭Black Menorca


    are they even bothering to count tonight ?

    I have vague recollections of previous Referenda where there was no rush on them to start till the next day.

    The count will start in the morning, but there might have been an exit poll.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    An exit poll wouldn't be very reliable though - the tallies will give the first proper idea of how things are going - that and the turnout of course.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,736 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    In a general election there is usually an RTE Radio 1 exit poll released at 7am the next morning.
    I am not sure whether there is one for referendum.

    But if there was one there would still be a disparity between it and the No vote I believe, people will vote no but will still be reluctant to tell a stranger about it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,606 ✭✭✭schemingbohemia


    RTE stated they weren't carrying out an exit poll, don't think anyone is.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,367 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    An Exit poll would be useless in this election, most No voters would be (rightly imo) too embarrassed to admit the way they've voted.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭loveta


    Sleepy wrote: »
    An Exit poll would be useless in this election, most No voters would be (rightly imo) too embarrassed to admit the way they've voted.

    Think you will find there will be alot of not embarrassed,"embarrassed" people through out the country lol


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭Sheldons Brain


    Sleepy wrote: »
    An Exit poll would be useless in this election, most No voters would be (rightly imo) too embarrassed to admit the way they've voted.

    Couldn't they just count the people coming out of polling stations with a smug self satisfied appearance?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,402 ✭✭✭Westernyelp


    Couldn't they just count the people coming out of polling stations with a smug self satisfied appearance?

    They could have voted either way from what I can see


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭Hilly Bill


    Any idea why both ballot papers had to go into the same box? wouldnt it be easier when counting to have 2 seperate boxes?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,666 ✭✭✭Howjoe1


    Hilly Bill wrote: »
    Any idea why both ballot papers had to go into the same box? wouldnt it be easier when counting to have 2 seperate boxes?

    Extra hours paid work for the well paid civil servants who take a day's annual leave to get some easy extra money;)


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Hilly Bill wrote: »
    Any idea why both ballot papers had to go into the same box? wouldnt it be easier when counting to have 2 seperate boxes?

    The voting papers are folded so the counter has to open and flatten each one so it doesn't make a difference. Just four piles yes and no for each referendum


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭LionelNashe


    Hilly Bill wrote: »
    Any idea why both ballot papers had to go into the same box? wouldnt it be easier when counting to have 2 seperate boxes?

    ? Wouldn't be a very secret ballet if there were two different boxes


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Hilly Bill wrote: »
    Any idea why both ballot papers had to go into the same box? wouldnt it be easier when counting to have 2 seperate boxes?

    People would have gotten it wrong somehow.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    ? Wouldn't be a very secret ballet if there were two different boxes

    One for each topic being voted on, not one for yes and one for no


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    ? Wouldn't be a very secret ballet if there were two different boxes

    Seriously?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 518 ✭✭✭FluffyAngel


    Fine gael are doing an exit poll in the morning ..results from about 11am

    twitter will give streaming from count centres roughlly 9,30 should give an idea the way boxes are


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    Fine gael are doing an exit poll in the morning ..results from about 11am

    twitter will give streaming from count centres roughlly 9,30 should give an idea the way boxes are

    That's not an exit poll, that's a tally


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,184 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Fine gael are doing an exit poll in the morning ..results from about 11am

    twitter will give streaming from count centres roughlly 9,30 should give an idea the way boxes are
    That's a tally - and as always it's a single, cross party effort


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