Footprints: 1988 - 2004 State Exit Poll Discrepancies

 

TruthIsAll

 

Feb. 18, 2010

 

An analysis of state exit poll discrepancies for the 1988-2004 elections yields an interesting pattern. The data is from Edison Media Research/Mitofsky International: "Evaluation of Edison/Mitofsky Election System 2004" (January 19, 2005).

 

http://www.ap.org/media/pdf/EvaluationEdisonMitofsky.pdf

 

E-M provided unadjusted exit poll data for 238 of 255 state presidential elections from 1988 to 2004. They define Within Precinct Error (WPE) as the difference between the unadjusted exit poll margin and the recorded vote margin.  “Error” implies that the exit polls were wrong. But millions of votes are uncounted in every election (nearly 11 million in 1988 and 4 million in 2004). Therefore, it is more accurate to refer to Within Precinct Discrepancy (WPD). A positive WPD indicates that the vote shift favored the GOP; a negative WPD favored the Democrat.

 

For example, in NY 2004 the 12.2 WPD is the difference between Kerry’s exit poll (30.3) and recorded vote margin (18.1). Kerry’s unadjusted exit poll share was 6.1% higher than his recorded share, far exceeding the 2-3% margin of error (MoE). The WPD is double the share deviation.

 

NY Share     Kerry Bush Margin

Exit Poll       64.5    34.2    30.3

Recorded    58.4    40.3    18.1

WPD            +6.1   -6.1    12 .2

 

Of the 238 state elections, 194 shifted from the exit poll to the vote for the Republican and 44 to the Democrat.

 

Shift to        2004   2000   1996   1992   1988   Total  Share                     

Dem              5         14       10       4         11       44       18.5%          

GOP              46       32       37       44       35       194     81.5%          

Total             51       46       47       48       46       238     100%

 

One would expect an approximately equal shift. The fact that 82% vote shifted to the Republican over the five presidential elections was either due to errors in the exit polls or vote miscounts. It could not have been due to chance. But we have 238 exit polls, not just a few.  Exit polls are known to be quite accurate – outside the USA.

 

Assuming a 3% MoE for each of the 238 state exit polls:

- In 15 Democratic states, the average WPD was 4.9. The MoE was exceeded in 25 elections, ALL for the Republican.

- In 15 Battleground states, the average WPD was 3.8. The MoE was also exceeded in 25 elections, ALL for the Republican.

- In 21 Republican states, the average WPD was 2.3. The MoE was exceeded in 15 elections, ALL but ONE for the Republican.

 

Were the discrepancies due to Republican voters reluctance to be polled in each of the five elections?  Not likely.

Were they due to Democratic voters misstating how they voted to the exit pollsters and actually voting for the Republican in each of the five elections? Not likely.

 

Or were they due to the millions of mostly Democratic votes that were uncounted? That is more than likely. It is a fact.

Or were they due to votes that were miscounted in favor of the Republican? That is quite likely.

 

We assume a conservative 3% unadjusted exit poll margin of error for each state election. Since the vote share deviation is one-half the WPD, a 3% MoE is exceeded when the WPD is at least 6%. Given the 95% confidence level, approximately 12 of 238 elections would be expected to fall outside the margin of error (6 for the Democrats and 6 for the Republicans). But the MoE was exceeded in 65 elections - 64 in favor of the Republicans.  The probability is essentially ZERO that this was due to chance.

 

The probability that the MoE would be exceeded a given state is 1/20 (5%). It is 1/40 (2.5%) for the Democrat and 2.5% for the Republican.

The probability that the MoE would be exceeded in at least N of 238 state elections is given by the Excel BINOMDIST function:

 

Prob        =1- BINOMDIST (N-1, 238, 2.5%, TRUE)

 

The following table lists the probability that the MoE would be exceeded in at least N of 238 states.

The function cuts off at N=34, a 1 in 200 trillion probability.

Imagine what it is for 64 states.

 

N        Probability                      or 1 in

2

93.8%

1

5

54.8%

2

10

3.9%

26

15

0.04%

2,642

20

7.9E-07

1,258,312

25

4.8E-10

2,080,038,070

30

1.1E-13

9,324,222,830,995

34

5.0E-15

200,159,983,438,689

---                

64      ??????

 

 

Assuming a more realistic 2% exit poll MoE, it would be exceeded if the WPD were at least 4%. The 2% MoE was exceeded in 108 of 238 state elections: 99 in favor of the Republican, 9 in favor of the Democrats.

 

Let’s take a closer look at the 2004 election. 

- The average Democratic state WPD was a whopping 8.9. The MoE was exceeded in 11 of 15 states (73%) - all for Bush.

- The average Battleground state WPD was 6.9. The MoE was exceeded in 10 of 15 states (67%) for Bush and none for Kerry.

- The average Republican state WPD was 3.8. The MoE was exceeded in 7 of 21 states (33%) - all for Bush.

 

The 3% margin of error was exceeded in a total of 28 states - all in favor of Bush. The probability is 1 in 19 trillion that the MoE would be exceeded in 16 states. Imagine what the probability is for 28 states.

 

Assuming a 2% MoE, the probability is even lower since the MoE was exceeded in 36 states: 34 in favor of Bush, 2 in favor of Kerry.

 

The distribution of the WPD in Democratic, GOP and Battleground states indicates that the GOP strategy was:

1) Pad Bush’s popular vote "mandate" by cutting Democratic margins in heavily populated BLUE states (NY, CA, CT, NJ, MD, MA, MI).

2) Steal the electoral votes in Battleground states (FL, OH, NM, CO, NV, MO, IA).

3) Pad the vote in RED states with large minority (Democratic) voting blocs (TX, MS, AL, TN, SC). Ignore the others (ND, SD, OK, MT, KY). 

 

Unadjusted exit poll data has not been released for 2008.  Is it because the data would confirm what the 1988-2004 exit polls indicate? In every election, the Democrats do much better than the official recorded vote indicates. As always, the Final 2008 National Exit Poll was forced to match the recorded vote. A True Vote Model (see below) indicates that Obama won by over 22 million votes.

 

Historical WPD

 

WPD      2004 2000 1996 1992 1988 Avg

Wtd        7.40    2.01    1.93    5.40    2.38    3.82

 

States Exceeding the Margin of Error

3%          28       4         6        20       7         65       (64 favored the Republican, 1 the Democrat)

2%          36       15       12       30       15       108     (99 favored the Republican, 9 the Democrat)

 

 

        15 Democratic states (4.9 average WPD)

                                                                          

                      2004 2000 1996 1992 1988 Total

MoE                                                       

 > 3%          11      2        0        9        3        25         25 states exceeded the 3% MoE (WPD >6) for the GOP, none for the Dems

 > 2%          14      4        4        13      8        43         42 exceeded the 2% MoE  (WPD >4) for the GOP, 1 for the Dems

 

WPD Avg    8.9     3.0     1.8     7.3     4.0     4.9

                                                                          

           CA     11.6    3.8      4.7      8.5      3.8      6.5

           CT     16.0    0.9      -4.2    8.3      5.2      5.2

           DE     15.9    7.1      1.3      7.3      1.8      6.7

           DC     2.8      na      na      na      na      2.8

           HI      8.2      na      na      na      0.6      4.4

                                                                          

           IL       3.5      6.4      -1.2    6.1      2.6      3.5

           ME    4.0      2.1      4.4      5.1      6.4      4.4

           MD    7.3      4.3      3.6      8.1      5.2      5.7

           MA   7.7      4.3      3.3      7.1      6.8      5.8

           MI     6.4      2.2      3.5      4.9      1.2      3.6

                                                                          

           NJ      9.1      0.4      1.9      11.2    4.2      5.4

           NY     12.2    3.3      -2.1    4.6      7.2      5.0

           RI       5.3      0.4      1.1      9.0      -0.2    3.1

           VT     15.2    -0.4    5.0      8.6      5.8      6.8

           WA   8.0      3.7      2.0      5.5      5.4      4.9

                                                                          

                                                               

                                                                          

        15 Battleground states (3.8 average WPD)

                                                                          

                      2004 2000 1996 1992 1988 Total

MoE                                                       

>3%            10      2        4        6        3        25         25 states exceeded the 3% MoE for the GOP, none for the Dems

>2%            12      5        5        9        3        34         31 exceeded the 2% MoE for the GOP, 3 for the Dems

 

WPD Avg    6.9     0.8     3.8     5.2     1.9     3.8

                                                                          

           CO     6.1      5.6      1.5      7.2      3.0      4.7

           FL      7.8      0.6      0.6      5.5      2.4      3.4

           IA      3.0      -3.0    -0.3    2.0      0.6      0.5

           MN    9.2      -0.5    -1.7    6.4      -1.2    2.4

           MO    5.8      -1.8    5.8      8.6      0.6      3.8

                                                                          

           NV     9.9      6.0      na      -2.1    3.0      4.2

           NH     14.0    2.4      12.2    10.1    6.0      8.9

           NM    8.0      -5.1    7.0      6.3      6.6      4.6

           NC     11.9    9.8      6.5      4.2      0.4      6.6

           OH     10.6    1.0      3.1      4.4      1.6      4.1

                                                                          

           OR     1.8      na      2.4      13.6    7.4      6.3   100% mail-in ballots starting in 2000. WPD based on telephone survey.

           PA     8.4      0.8      3.6      2.0      0.8      3.1

           VA     8.7      2.0      6.5      3.5      -0.6    4.0

           WI     4.8      -2.4    2.8      2.5      -2.2    1.1

           WV    -5.9    -4.5    2.6      3.2      0.2      -0.9

                                                                          

                                                                          

        21 Republican states (2.3 average WPD)

                                                                          

                     2004 2000 1996 1992 1988 Total

MoE                                                       

>3%            7        0        2        5        1        15        14 states exceeded the 3% MoE for the GOP, 1 for the Dems

>2%            10      6        3        8        4        31        26 states exceeded the 2% MoE for the GOP, 5 for the Dems

          

WPD Avg    3.8     0.8     1.6     3.4     1.1     2.3

 

           AL     10.0    5.5      2.4      1.2      na      4.8

           AK    9.3      na      na      na      1.2      5.3

           AZ     0.3      na      7.7      6.6      na      3.7

           AR     1.3      3.2      -1.5    7.8      -0.8    2.0

           GA     1.3      5.6      -3.3    6.5      -1.8    1.7

                                                                          

           ID      4.0      -2.5    3.5      0.5      na      1.4

           IN      2.2      3.6      2.0      6.8      9.2      4.8

           KS     1.1      4.4      3.2      3.4      3.6      3.1

           KY     0.4      -4.4    -1.0    3.9      1.0      0.0

           LA     2.6      0.6      -6.5    -1.0    2.4      -0.4

                                                                          

           MS    18.5    3.2      0.3      5.1      -0.2    5.4

           MT    -2.6    -3.2    2.4      -0.7    4.4      0.1

           NE     8.7      4.1      6.5      2.8      5.0      5.4

           ND     -1.7    -2.0    2.0      4.2      1.6      0.8

           OK     -1.2    -4.7    -2.0    4.7      -5.6    -1.8

                                                                          

           SC      9.7      3.5      2.8      2.0      1.4      3.9

           SD     -5.1    0.9      2.3      -2.8    1.0      -0.7

           TN     1.3      -2.2    3.0      6.8      -1.0    1.6

           TX     7.6      0.4      0.6      2.8      -0.8    2.1

           UT     4.3      -1.0    3.5      2.2      na      2.3

           WY    7.0      1.0      3.9      5.9      -1.0    3.4

 

 

Shift from Unadjusted Exit Poll to Recorded Vote

 

Shift to        2004   2000   1996   1992   1988   Total  Share            

Dem              5         14       10       4         11       44       18.5%           of 238

GOP              46       32       37       44       35       194     81.5%          

Total             51       46       47       48       46       238     100%

 

> 3% MoE                                                                    

Dem              0         0         1         0         0         1         0.4%             of 238

GOP              28       4         6         20       7         65       27.3%

Total             28       4         7         20       7         66       27.7%          

                                                                                    

> 2% MoE                                                                    

To Dem        2         4         2         0         1         9         3.8%             of 238

To GOP        34       11       10       31       14       100     42.0%

Total             36       15       12       31       15       109     45.8%          

                                                                                    

Shift to Dem                                                                         

Battleground  1         6         2         1         3         13       17.8%            of 73

Dem              0         1         3         0         1         5         7.5%             of 67

GOP              4         7         5         3         7         26       26.5%           of 98

Total             5         14       10       4         11       44       18.5%           of 238

                                                                                    

Shift to GOP                                                                        

Battleground  14       8         12       14       12       60       82.2%           of 73

Dem              15       12       10       13       13       63       94.0%           of 67

GOP              17       12       15       17       10       71       72.4%           of 98

Total             46       32       37       44       35       194     81.5%           of 238

                                                                                    

To Dem >2% MoE                                                                 

Battleground  1         2         0         0         0         3         4.1%             of 73

Dem              0         0         1         0         0         1         1.5%             of 67

GOP              1         2         1         0         1         5         5.1%             of 98

Total             2         4         2         0         1         9         3.8%             of 238

                                                                                    

To GOP > 2% MoE                                                                

Battleground  11       3         3         9         3         29       39.7%           of 73

Dem              13       4         3         13       8         41       61.2%           of 67

GOP              10       4         3         9         3         29       29.6%           of 98

Total             34       11       9         31       14       99       41.6%           of 238

 

 

 

 

2008 National Exit Poll

(Forced to match the recorded vote with an impossible mix of returning Bush, Kerry and 3rd party voters)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

                                                                95%         97%                         2008                                                                        

                Recorded  Cast         Recorded  Alive        Recorded                  NEP           NEP         National Exit Poll Vote s     Turnout%

                2004        2004        2004        2008        Turnout                   Turnout      Mix         Obama     McCain    Other       Recorded

DNV                        -               -               -               -                              17.09         13%        71            27            2              -

Kerry       48.3%     59.03       59.03       56.08       54.39                       48.64         37%        89            9              2              87

Bush         50.7%     62.04       62.04       58.94       57.17                       60.47         46%        17            82            1              103

Other       1.0%       1.23         1.23         1.17         1.13                         5.26           4%          66            26            8              451

                                                                                                                                                                                                 Margin

Total                       122.30     122.30     116.18     112.70                     131.5         Share     52.6%      45.6%      1.8%       7.0%

                                                                                                                                  Vote        69.17       59.95       2.34         9.23

 

2008 True Vote

 

                                                                                                                                                          

                         Vote (mil)                                Pct      Share (%)                    Vote (mil)                  

MoE    2004      Cast     Recorded Alive Turnout Mix   Obama McCain Other  Obama  McCain Other Total

1.6%   DNV                                          16.4     12.4    71       27          2         11.7     4.4       0.3     16.4

1.1%   Kerry     67.1     59.0       63.8    61.9     46.8    89       10          1         55.1     6.2       0.6     61.9

1.3%   Bush       57.0     62.0       54.1    52.5     39.7    17       82          1         8.9       43.0     0.5     52.5

1.6%   Other     1.6       1.2         1.6      1.5       1.1      66       12          22       1.0       0.2       0.3     1.5

 

           True      125.7   122.3     119.5  132.3   419EV 57.9   40.7       1.4      76.7     53.8     1.8     132.3

                                                                                                                                                          

           2004      Bush    Kerry     Other  Record 365EV 52.9    45.6       1.5      69.5     59.9     2.0     131.4

           Recorded 50.7    48.3       1.0      Diff      -          5.1      -4.9       -0.1     7.2       -6.1      -0.2    0.9

           ExitP     47.0     52.0       1.0     

                                                                                                                                                          

           Bush                  Kerry voter turnout                            Share of            Obama Share of DNV

           turnout   90%     92%       94%    96%     98%               Bush      69%    70%     71%     72%   73%

                                     Obama Share (%)                                                        Obama Share (%)       

           90%       58.9     59.1       59.2    59.4     59.6               19%       58.5    58.6     58.7     58.9   59.0

           92%       58.4     58.6       58.8    59.0     59.1               18%       58.1    58.2     58.3     58.5   58.6

           94%       58.0     58.2       58.3    58.5     58.7               17%       57.7    57.8     57.9     58.1   58.2

           96%       57.6     57.7       57.9    58.1     58.2               16%       57.3    57.4     57.5     57.7   57.8

           98%       57.1     57.3       57.5    57.6     57.8               15%       56.9    57.0     57.1     57.3   57.4

                                                                                                                                                          

                                     Obama Margin (mil.)                                                   Obama Margin (mil.) 

           90%       25.4     25.8       26.3    26.7     27.1               19%       24.2    24.6     24.9     25.2   25.6

           92%       24.2     24.6       25.1    25.5     26.0               18%       23.2    23.5     23.9     24.2   24.5

           94%       23.0     23.5       23.9    24.3     24.8               17%       22.1    22.5     22.8     23.1   23.5

           96%       21.8     22.3       22.7    23.2     23.6               16%       21.1    21.4     21.8     22.1   22.4

           98%       20.7     21.1       21.5    22.0     22.4               15%       20.0    20.4     20.7     21.0   21.4

                                                                                                                                                          

                                     Obama Electoral Vote                                                 Obama Electoral Vote

           90%       419      419        425     428      434                19%       419     419      419      419    419

           92%       419      419        419     419      419                18%       419     419      419      419    419

           94%       419      419        419     419      419                17%       408     419      419      419    419

           96%       419      419        419     419      419                16%       397     397      408      408    419

           98%       389      397        408     408      419                15%       389     389      389      408    408

                                                                                                                                                          

           MoE      1.0%    0.9%      0.8%   0.7%    0.5%              MoE      1.6%   1.6%    1.6%    1.6% 1.5%

 

          

                                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                   Recorded Vote                                    True Vote                             Flipped to

                  Obama       McCain     Margin EV          Obama    McCain  Margin      EV         McCain

                  69.5          59.9          9.5       365         76.7        53.8       22.8          419        5

                  52.9%       45.6%       7.2%                  57.9%     40.7%    17.2%                     55 EV

                                                                                                                                                                                                     

AL             38.7          60.3          -21.6                  44.7        54.4       -9.7                       

AK            37.9          59.4          -21.5                  44.5        52.8       -8.3                       

AZ             44.9          53.4          -8.5                    50.9        47.4       3.5            10          10

AR             38.9          58.7          -19.9                  47.0        50.6       -3.6                       

CA             61.0          36.9          24.0     55           60.9        37.0       23.8          55         

 

CO             53.7          44.7          9.0       9             55.8        42.6       13.2          9           

CT             60.6          38.2          22.4     7             62.9        35.9       27.0          7           

DE             61.9          36.9          25.0     3             61.3        37.6       23.7          3           

DC             92.5          6.5            85.9     3             89.9        9.1         80.7          3           

FL             50.9          48.1          2.8       27           55.8        43.2       12.5          27         

 

GA             46.9          52.1          -5.2                    50.8        48.2       2.6            15          15

HI              71.8          26.6          45.3     4             63.6        34.9       28.7          4           

ID              36.0          61.3          -25.3                  38.9        58.4       -19.5                     

IL              61.9          36.8          25.1     21           61.1        37.6       23.5          21         

IN              49.9          48.9          1.0       11           49.6        49.2       0.5            11         

 

IA              53.9          44.4          9.5       7             54.6        43.7       10.9          7           

KS             41.6          56.5          -14.9                  43.0        55.1       -12.1                     

KY            41.1          57.4          -16.2                  45.1        53.4       -8.4                       

LA             39.9          58.6          -18.6                  46.2        52.3       -6.1                       

ME            57.7          40.4          17.3     4             58.9        39.1       19.8          4           

 

MD            61.9          36.5          25.4     10           62.6        35.8       26.8          10         

MA            61.8          36.0          25.8     12           65.0        32.7       32.3          12         

MI             57.4          40.9          16.5     17           57.4        40.9       16.5          17         

MN            54.1          43.8          10.2     10           55.8        42.1       13.7          10         

MS             43.0          56.2          -13.2                  47.9        51.3       -3.3                       

 

MO            49.3          49.4          -0.1                    52.1        46.5       5.6            11          11

MT            47.2          49.4          -2.3                    46.5        50.1       -3.6                       

NE             41.6          56.5          -14.9   1             40.7        57.5       -16.8                     

NV             55.1          42.7          12.5     5             56.3        41.6       14.7          5           

NH            54.1          44.5          9.6       4             56.3        42.4       13.9          4           

 

NJ              57.2          41.6          15.5     15           59.2        39.6       19.6          15         

NM            56.9          41.8          15.1     5             57.0        41.7       15.3          5           

NY            62.8          36.1          26.7     31           64.2        34.7       29.5          31         

NC             49.7          49.4          0.3       15           53.7        45.4       8.4            15         

ND            44.5          53.1          -8.6                    42.6        54.9       -12.3                     

 

OH            51.4          46.8          4.5       20           54.4        43.8       10.6          20         

OK            34.4          65.6          -31.3                  39.8        60.2       -20.4                     

OR             56.7          40.4          16.3     7             55.6        41.5       14.1          7           

PA             54.5          44.2          10.3     21           56.3        42.3       14.0          21         

RI              63.1          35.2          27.9     4             64.9        33.4       31.5          4           

 

SC              44.9          53.9          -9.0                    50.2        48.6       1.6            8            8

SD             44.7          53.2          -8.4                    45.6        52.3       -6.8                       

TN            41.8          56.9          -15.1                  49.9        48.8       1.1            11          11

TX            43.6          55.4          -11.8                  46.4        52.6       -6.2                       

UT            34.3          62.3          -28.1                  33.6        63.1       -29.5                     

 

VT             67.5          30.5          37.0     3             65.5        32.4       33.1          3           

VA             52.6          46.3          6.3       13           55.7        43.2       12.5          13         

WA           57.4          40.3          17.1     11           58.6        39.1       19.5          11         

WV            42.6          55.7          -13.1                  46.2        52.1       -5.9                       

WI             56.2          42.3          13.9     10           55.3        43.2       12.2          10         

WY           32.5          64.8          -32.2                  35.2        62.1       -27.0                     

 

 

 

2004 Final National Exit Poll                                                

(Forced to match the recorded vote with an impossible mix of returning Bush and Gore voters)

 

                                                                95%         98%                         2004                                                                         

                Recorded  Cast         Recorded  Alive        Recorded                  NEP           NEP        National Exit Poll Shares         Turnout%

                2000        2000        2000        2004        Turnout                   Turnout      Mix         Kerry       Bush         Other       Recorded

DNV        -              -               -               -               -                              20.79         17%         54            45            1              -

Gore         48.4%      51.00       51.00       48.45       47.48                       45.25         37%         90            10            0              93

Bush         47.9%      50.46       50.46       47.93       46.97                       52.59         43%         9              91            0              110

Other       3.8%        3.96         3.96         3.76         3.69                         3.67           3%           64            9              27            98

                                                                                                                                                                                                 Margin

Total       100%       105.42     105.42     100.15     98.14                       122.3         Share       48.3%      50.8%      1.0%        -2.5%

                                                                                                                                  Vote        59.0         62.0         1.2           -3.0

                                                                                                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                Recorded    Share       48.3%      50.7%      1.0%        -2.5%

                                                                                                               Vote           122.3       59.0         62.0         1.2           -3.0

 

2004 True Vote Analysis                                                      

                                                                                                                                          

                     Vote (mil)                           Pct     Share (%)                            Vote (mil)

MoE   2000   Cast    Record Alive Turnout Mix Kerry  Bush   Other  Kerry  Bush   Other  Total

1.7%   DNV   -         -        -        22.6    17.9    57       41       2         12.9    9.3      0.4      22.6

1.0%   Gore   55.8    51.0    53.0    51.9    41.3    91       8         1         47.3    4.2      0.5      51.9

1.0%   Bush   51.0    50.5    48.5    47.5    37.8    10       90       0         4.8      42.8    0.0      47.5

1.7%   Other  4.0      4.0      3.8      3.7      3.0      64       17       19       2.4      0.6      0.7      3.7

 

           True   110.8  105.4  105.3  125.7  379EV 53.5   45.2    1.3      67.3    56.8    1.7      125.7

                                                                                                                                          

           2000   Bush   Gore   Other  Recorded       48.3    50.7    1.0      59.0    62.0    1.2      122.3

           Record 47.9   48.4    3.8      Diff               5.2      -5.5    0.3      8.2      -5.2    0.4      3.4

           ExitP  46.9    49.4    3.8      Exit Poll       51.9    47.1    1.0      63.5    57.6    1.2      122.3

           Cast    46.1    50.3    3.6      Diff               1.6      -1.9    0.3      3.8      -0.8    0.4      3.4

                                                                                                                                          

 

           Bush              Gore voter turnout                        Share of         Kerry Share of DNV                     

           Turnout 90% 92%    94%    96%    98%              Bush   55%    56%    57%    58%    59%

                                Kerry Share (%)                                                  Kerry Share (%)                           

           90%    53.8    54.1    54.3    54.6    54.9              12%    53.9    54.1    54.2    54.4    54.6

           92%    53.4    53.7    54.0    54.3    54.6              11%    53.5    53.7    53.9    54.0    54.2

           94%    53.1    53.3    53.6    53.9    54.2              10%    53.1    53.3    53.5    53.7    53.8

           96%    52.7    53.0    53.3    53.6    53.8              9%      52.8    52.9    53.1    53.3    53.5

           98%    52.3    52.6    52.9    53.2    53.5              8%      52.4    52.6    52.7    52.9    53.1

                                                                                                                                          

                                Kerry Margin (mil.)                                            Kerry Margin (mil.)

           90%    11.2    11.9    12.7    13.4    14.1              12%    11.4    11.9    12.3    12.8    13.2

           92%    10.3    11.0    11.7    12.5    13.2              11%    10.5    10.9    11.4    11.8    12.3

           94%    9.4      10.1    10.8    11.5    12.3              10%    9.5      10.0    10.4    10.9    11.3

           96%    8.5      9.2      9.9      10.6    11.3              9%      8.6      9.0      9.5      9.9      10.4

           98%    7.6      8.3      9.0      9.7      10.4              8%      7.6      8.1      8.5      9.0      9.4

                                                                                                                                          

                                Kerry Electoral Vote                                          Kerry Electoral Vote

           90%    390     390     390     398     398               12%    390     390     390     390     398

           92%    379     390     390     390     398               11%    390     390     390     390     390

           94%    351     379     390     390     390               10%    360     373     379     390     390

           96%    351     351     370     390     390               9%      351     351     351     357     379

           98%    346     351     351     351     379               8%      346     351     351     351     351

                                                                                                                                          

           MoE   1.04% 0.94% 0.82% 0.68% 0.49%           MoE   1.72% 1.72% 1.72% 1.71% 1.70%

                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                          

           2004   Recorded                             Exit Poll                             True Vote      Flipped to

           Kerry  Bush   Margin EV     Kerry  Bush   Margin EV     Kerry  Bush   Margin EV     Bush

           59.0    62.0    -3.0    252     65.3    59.2    6.1      338     67.3    56.8    10.4    379     12

Share 48.3%  50.7% -2.5% -         51.9% 47.1% 4.8%            53.5% 45.2% 1.3%   -         127 EV

                                                                                                                                          

AL      36.8    62.5    -25.6             41.8    57.5    -15.6             46.5    52.8    -6.3              

AK     35.5    61.1    -25.5             40.2    56.4    -16.2             38.5    58.1    -19.5            

AZ      44.4    54.9    -10.5             44.5    54.7    -10.2             51.3    47.9    3.4      10       10

AR      44.5    54.3    -9.8               45.2    53.7    -8.5               49.6    49.3    0.3      6         6

CA      54.3    44.4    9.9      55       60.1    38.6    21.5    55       58.9    39.8    19.1    55      

 

CO      47.0    51.7    -4.7               50.1    48.6    1.4      9         52.4    46.3    6.1      9         9

CT      54.3    43.9    10.4    7         62.3    35.9    26.4    7         64.0    34.2    29.8    7        

DE      53.3    45.8    7.6      3         61.3    37.8    23.5    3         59.2    39.9    19.2    3        

DC      89.2    9.3      79.8    3         90.6    7.9      82.6    3         89.0    9.5      79.5    3        

FL      47.1    52.1    -5.0               51.0    48.2    2.8      27       52.3    46.8    5.5      27       27

 

GA      41.4    58.0    -16.6             42.0    57.3    -15.3             48.0    51.3    -3.3              

HI       54.0    45.3    8.7      4         58.1    41.2    16.9    4         64.9    34.4    30.5    4        

ID       30.3    68.4    -38.1             32.3    66.4    -34.1             33.2    65.4    -32.2            

IL       54.8    44.5    10.3    21       56.6    42.7    13.8    21       59.4    39.9    19.5    21      

IN       39.3    59.9    -20.7             40.4    58.8    -18.5             46.8    52.4    -5.6              

 

IA       49.2    49.9    -0.7               50.7    48.4    2.3      7         53.3    45.9    7.4      7         7

KS      36.6    62.0    -25.4             37.2    61.5    -24.3             42.4    56.2    -13.8            

KY     39.7    59.6    -19.9             39.9    59.4    -19.5             45.8    53.4    -7.6              

LA      42.2    56.7    -14.5             43.5    55.4    -11.9             49.7    49.3    0.4      9         9

ME     53.6    44.6    9.0      4         55.6    42.6    13.0    4         56.3    41.9    14.4    4        

 

MD     55.9    42.9    13.0    10       59.6    39.3    20.3    10       60.9    38.0    22.9    10      

MA     61.9    36.8    25.2    12       65.8    32.9    32.9    12       67.3    31.4    35.8    12      

MI      51.2    47.8    3.4      17       54.4    44.6    9.8      17       55.1    43.9    11.2    17      

MN     51.1    47.6    3.5      10       55.7    43.0    12.7    10       55.9    42.8    13.1    10      

MS      39.8    59.4    -19.7             49.0    50.2    -1.2               47.4    51.8    -4.4              

 

MO     46.1    53.3    -7.2               49.0    50.4    -1.4               52.4    47.0    5.4      11       11

MT     38.6    59.1    -20.5             37.3    60.4    -23.1             40.7    56.9    -16.2            

NE      32.7    65.9    -33.2             37.0    61.5    -24.5             37.5    61.1    -23.7            

NV      47.9    50.5    -2.6               52.8    45.5    7.3      5         52.4    45.9    6.5      5         5

NH     50.2    48.9    1.4      4         57.2    41.9    15.4    4         53.5    45.6    7.9      4        

 

NJ       52.9    46.2    6.7      15       57.5    41.7    15.8    15       60.0    39.2    20.8    15      

NM     49.0    49.8    -0.8               53.0    45.8    7.2      5         54.5    44.4    10.1    5         5

NY     58.4    40.1    18.3    31       64.5    34.0    30.5    31       64.0    34.4    29.6    31      

NC      43.6    56.0    -12.4             49.5    50.1    -0.5               47.5    52.1    -4.6              

ND     35.5    62.9    -27.4             34.6    63.7    -29.1             40.3    58.1    -17.8            

 

OH     48.7    50.8    -2.1               54.0    45.5    8.5      20       52.3    47.2    5.1      20       20

OK     34.4    65.6    -31.1             33.8    66.2    -32.3             44.1    55.9    -11.8            

OR      51.3    47.2    4.2      7         52.2    46.3    6.0      7         54.6    43.9    10.7    7        

PA      50.9    48.4    2.5      21       55.1    44.2    10.9    21       55.3    44.1    11.2    21      

RI       59.4    38.7    20.8    4         62.1    36.0    26.1    4         66.4    31.7    34.7    4        

 

SC       40.9    58.0    -17.1             45.8    53.1    -7.4               48.4    50.5    -2.0              

SD      38.4    59.9    -21.5             35.9    62.5    -26.6             41.4    57.0    -15.6            

TN     42.5    56.8    -14.3             43.2    56.1    -13.0             49.7    49.7    0.0               

TX     38.2    61.1    -22.9             42.0    57.3    -15.3             44.0    55.3    -11.4            

UT     26.0    71.5    -45.5             28.1    69.4    -41.2             32.7    64.9    -32.2            

 

VT      58.9    38.8    20.1    3         66.5    31.2    35.3    3         60.0    37.8    22.2    3        

VA      45.5    53.7    -8.2               49.8    49.3    0.5      13       49.8    49.3    0.5      13       13

WA    52.8    45.6    7.2      11       56.8    41.6    15.2    11       55.9    42.5    13.4    11      

WV     43.2    56.1    -12.9             40.2    59.0    -18.8             50.6    48.7    1.9      5         5

WI      49.7    49.3    0.4      10       52.1    46.9    5.2      10       53.5    45.6    7.9      10      

WY    29.1    68.9    -39.8             32.6    65.4    -32.8             31.5    66.4    -34.9