Exit Polls 2010

Exit polling data will overflood the news channels. Tuesday, November 2nd is Election Day for the 2010 midterm elections. It occurs on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November. Polls opened at 7:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m.Tuesday, November 2nd is Election Day for the 2010 midterm elections. It occurs on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November. Polls opened at 7:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m.

All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 37 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate are contested in this election along with 38 state and territorial governorships, many state legislatures, four territorial legislatures and numerous state and local races.

As usual the preliminary exit polls by state which are released in the late afternoon should always be taken with a grain of salt. Much of that early exit polling data will not be normalized and will not include later voters, typically office workers who work 9-5 jobs and vote on the way home. Because of this phenomenon, early exit polls tend to overestimate Democrat support and underestimate GOP support.

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