Boston Area Colleges Election Project

Exit polls had more problems than pre-election polls in 2004.

The NES is victim to a substantial amount of pro-winner bias in subpresidential elections.

Concludes that the 1989 Virginia gubernatorial race exit poll was wrong because it used face-to-face interviews.

1988 NES Senate Election Study has systematic respondent overstatement of support for winners.

Conservative parties in Europe have generally been known for the shy Tory effect, where they vote conservative but tell exit pollsters they voted lib.

Black candidates David Dinkins and Douglas Wilder did better in the polls than in the actual returns in the 1989 elections.

Discusses the networks' move to jointly hire the same exit polls for election projections.

From abstract: Methodological details are presented of a survey research technique known as exit or election day polling.

Examines exit polls and concludes that blacks' lack of success in getting elected to office is not due to white reluctance to vote for blacks.

Looks at the New Hamphsire polling gaffe and samples various pundits explanations, which include the Bradley effect, likelihood of voting estimates, greater possibilty of voters changing minds just be