> In the US it is normal for people to see initial results and perhaps rush in to vote, or stay home if their candidate is leading. Is it? I was under the imp

> In the US it is normal for people to see initial results and perhaps rush in to vote, or stay home if their candidate is leading. Is it? I was under the impression that most everyone had adopted a voluntary policy of not reporting exit polls prior to closing, at least since 1980, so that's just shy of 40 years of not doing as you describe. I've certainly been ignorant of results until polls close. I recall estimations of "turnout by party" and "what issues motivated you" prior to closing, but not how people ended up voting. > It certainly doesn't have anything to do with entertainment. How do you think the OP meant about the "normally fun nail biting" experience that is electronic voting "ruined" by ending "in a single minute"?