Monday, April 10, 2006
Exit polls fail again, Berlusconi hangs on
Italy's Silvio Berlusconi seems to have eeked out a narrow victory in general elections, despite early reports of exit polls showing a loss for the incumbent Prime Minister.
The man who has self-identified as the "Jesus Christ" of Italian politics seems to have pulled off a miracle, though it's just as likely the earlier predictions were a victim of errant exit polls. You'd think after the last couple of US presidential elections the media would know better than to lean too heavily on a system a certain number of people enjoy subverting through misdirection, or is subject to like-seeks-like pollsters asking people who look like them rather than a true sampling. Maybe after a few more "Dewey Beats Truman" headlines, eh?
And at least we're not seeing some Sicilian official peering through a magnifying glass as hanging chads. At least not yet.
The man who has self-identified as the "Jesus Christ" of Italian politics seems to have pulled off a miracle, though it's just as likely the earlier predictions were a victim of errant exit polls. You'd think after the last couple of US presidential elections the media would know better than to lean too heavily on a system a certain number of people enjoy subverting through misdirection, or is subject to like-seeks-like pollsters asking people who look like them rather than a true sampling. Maybe after a few more "Dewey Beats Truman" headlines, eh?
And at least we're not seeing some Sicilian official peering through a magnifying glass as hanging chads. At least not yet.
Silvio Berlusconi | Election Results | Italian Elections
# posted @ 7:26 PM 
