The Exit Polls

As soon as each party's heated campaigns cool down, it's time for the journalists, political scientists, and the exit poll reporters to evaluate the election.

Before the exit polls results came out, Mark Blumenthal, who calls himself big fan of exit poll(pollster.com), prepared the audience with a thorough explanation about the exit poll on his blog, the Exit Polls, on November 07, 2006.

Indeed, the CNN immediately reports the exit polls results from yesterday. The article, "Exit polls: Bush, Iraq key to outcome" states that "57 percent of all voters disapprove of the war in Iraq and 58 percent disapprove of Bush's job performance. Most voters cast their ballots on national rather than local issues, with 60 percent saying national issues mattered most to their vote, while 34 percent said local issues mattered most."

This exit polls result caused Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld resign only a day after. Read Different-Drummer's note below to get the full story.