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Ohio '05 Election Results Staggeringly Impossible

based on a report by Brad Friedman. November 15, 2005

On Issue 1, the Columbus Dispatch's pre-election polling, described as "uncannily accurate for decades", called the race correctly within 1% of the final result.

POLL: 53% Yes, 27% No, 20% Undecided
RESULT: 54% Yes, 45% No

But then came Issues 2 through 5, put forward by ReformOhioNow.org -- a bi-partisan coalition pushing for Electoral Reform in the Buckeye State. On those four issues, the final results were impossibly different!

Issue 2 (Allow easier absentee balloting)
POLL: 59% Yes, 33% No, 9% Undecided
RESULT: 36% Yes, 63% No

Issue 3 (Revise campaign contribution limits)
POLL: 61% Yes, 25% No, 14% Undecided
RESULT: 33% Yes, 66% No

Issue 4 (Independent Commission to draw Congressional Districts)
POLL: 31% Yes, 45% No, 25% Undecided
RESULT: 30% Yes, 69% No

Issue 5 (Independent Board to oversee elections)
POLL: 41% Yes, 43% No, 16% Undecided
RESULT: 29% Yes, 70% No

What could possibly explain such differences between the Dispatch's poll and the final results?


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