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Originally Posted by piece-itpete
I noticed that too. Weird. Conspiracy theory weird.
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I'll field this one- I have some limited understanding of how this works...
This was a special election that, up until just a week before the vote, no one expected to be of any particular interest. Indeed, the outcome was assumed by a lot of people, which is what makes it such a dramatic moment in American Politics.
Exit polling costs a fair bit of money and takes some significant planning and time to execute. You can't just wake up a week before the election and say "Call the exit polling people, we need to figure this one out". Exit polls are typciall paid for by media outlets and are often paid for as part of a short term election coverage agreement. No such agreements were stuck for this election for the reasons above.
It's too bad because it would be very interesting to have some handle on what they were thinking. But there's no conspiracy here.
*I should note, I am only vaguely familiar with how the whole process works. I could be off base a little, but generally speaking, I think this is the explanation.