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My impression is that pollsters, people surveying voters during the election, report via the AP or directly to networks; seems basically like the traditional news wire.



> My impression is that pollsters, people surveying voters during the election, report via the AP or directly to networks; seems basically like the traditional news wire.

Sounds like you're thinking of the exit polls, but I think OP was asking about the actual vote counts as they're reported from individual precincts.


Yeah, but the OP was also asking about demographics.


Ah yes I think you're right.




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