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Wouldn't that influence the voters?

• refurb 10y ago
  Not sure why you're getting downvoted. I know in Canada they have a media blackout for each timezone until polls close (or are almost closed). The assumption is people will change their vote based on early counts. However, that may have changed with the internet since you can't stop anyone from getting early results. Edit: yup, looks like Canada stopped that back in 2014 [1] [1]http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/election-reforms-include-end-to-blackout-on-early-results-1.2521981 http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/election-reforms-include-end...
  • wyldfire 10y ago
    > The assumption is people will change their vote based on early counts. I think the most likely problem is not votes being swayed by popularity -- probaly moreso is turnout being impacted by a large lead.
    • refurb 10y ago
      Agreed. Seeing that the person you'd vote for is so far behind that it's not worth voting at all.
      • Arkaad 10y ago
        Do you mean Gary Johnson and Jill Stein?