My initial suggestion was to compare the actual vote counts by hand vs. by machine against the exit polls, if an exit poll could be found that aggregated the data according to the vote counting method used in the precinct where the voter was interviewed. Of course this variable was not in the published exit polls. In my enthusiasm I imagined someone in the blogosphere knowing someone in one of the companies that do exit polls, so they could try to get the raw data from election night re-analysed. But see below.
Don't the candidates have private polling? Might Kuchinch have the data thatis needed? or might he have the connections with people in Obamas campaign to get this taken seriously and so get their polling data released to us? OK there might be contractual reasons why this can't be done, but it's worth an ask. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
There's too much of a gamble for the Obama people to get involved. Kucinich may not have private polling, because that's very expensive and, I think, typically only done by the top-tier candidates (in this case, Edwards, Clinton, Obama and maybe then Richardson). Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
