Exit polls favored Maduro at 54% of the votes: https://x.com/Hinterlaces/status/1817599369471799639 https://x.com/Hinterlaces/status/1817599369471799639 The e

Exit polls favored Maduro at 54% of the votes: https://x.com/Hinterlaces/status/1817599369471799639 https://x.com/Hinterlaces/status/1817599369471799639 The exit poll that you referred to, is by EdisonResearch EdisonResearch is based in New Jersey, and doesn't have any prior experience with exit polls in Venezuela: https://web.archive.org/web/20180528045149/https://www.edisonresearch.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180528045149/https://www.ediso... I've also seen claims that they get funding from USAID, though I haven't been able to confirm them The fact that 8 million Venezuelans fled the country is of course sad, but the context is that the country has also been crippled by billion of dollars in sanctions. The UK alone "froze" 1 billion $ in Venezuelan's gold reserves. The "Beyond Sanctions" section of this article goes into details: https://covertactionmagazine.com/2024/07/30/venezuelans-re-elect-president-maduro-despite-u-s-organized-coup-attempt/ https://covertactionmagazine.com/2024/07/30/venezuelans-re-e...