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Originally Posted by pilotbob
I don't think it's an issue of public vs private votes... it's more of an issue of the results being viewable PRIOR to the polls closing. In US elections you can't see a running tally of the votes for the very reason that it CAN sway voting because people don't like to back a looser.
BOb
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No, but pre-election polls usually give people a very good idea of who's a serious contender, which works out to the same thing.
It's perverse in a way that now the law says that news media can't release projected results once a vote starts until after the polls close. Apparently, early calls depressed late voting, which oddly enough could affect an outcome.