Weather To Foul Ohio Elections?

March 4, 2008 by Josh · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Misc. 

Findlay Weather Map

With horrendous weather on the way for my area of Ohio I have to wonder what will happen to the election if the local Sheriff declares a level 3 emergency.  When a level 3 is declared by local law enforcement only necessary personnel are allowed to travel, basically doctors, nurses, road cleaning crews.  In such a hyped election with anticipated record turnout for a primary in Ohio one has to wonder what would happen if the weather prevented the election form happening.  I’m not talking about people sitting at home due to some raindrops but from the local Sheriff essentially ordering people to not vote!  Granted I have only been voting for a few elections but I haven’t encountered as severe a storm as they are predicting for tonite.

I’ll be interested to see how the primary plays out in Ohio if the weather is bad enough to warrant road and school closings.  Anyone out there with more years of experience know what happens to the election in the event that being on the road is enough to earn you a ticket.  Now if only I could remember, was the Sheriff wearing a Hillary or an Obama button?  Hmmm…

Crazy Exit Poll in Utah

February 5, 2008 by Josh · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Tech 

Exit Poll Question in Utah

Above you will see a sample of the exit poll results from Utah according to CNN. I have been trying to figure out exactly how to read the Clinton line for the past half hour. Near as I can tell 16% of the exit polling sample believes that Clinton would be the most qualified commander in chief but voted for Obama. I haven’t read exit polls before and I won’t pretend to be an expert but this doesn’t make sense to me. Part of me wonders if the question was as confusing as the results are and voters answered wrong.

Do you know how to read exit polls? Are you a master of horizontal results? Let me know what this means and your speculations as to why someone would vote for who they believe the less qualified candidate is.