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Yahoo Political Dashboard Posts early election results - and then removes them

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Did Yahoo post early election results at 4:00am 11/1/08, only to remove them again 15 minutes later? If so, Obama is losing.

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Last night, I went on Yahoo http://news.yahoo.com/election/2008/dashboard Political Dashboard to check the latest polls.  I was astonished to find what looked to be early election results, showing McCain leading Obama aproximately 18 million votes to 17 million.  The states were individually tallied as well, with "precincts reporting" ranging from 25% to 100%.  Strangely, Obama was trailing in California by 5% but winning in Arizona!  He was only ahead by 1-2% in "safe" states like New York, Delaware etc. and being trounced in Florida.  I wish I could send you a screen shot, but when I reloaded the page it went back to the RCP averages and that's all I've seen since.
Was Yahoo displaying early voting results (are these even available?) or just testing the system, or was it just a mistake?

 

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Scott Baker is a Senior Editor and Writer at Op Ed News, a Writer for Daily Kos and Huffington Post, and is the author of Neitherworld - a two-volume novel blending Native American myth, archaeological detail, government conspiracy, with a sci-fi (more...)
 

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What's up with yahoo's political dashboard? by David Samson on Monday, Nov 3, 2008 at 5:36:42 PM
date added by David Samson on Monday, Nov 3, 2008 at 5:38:16 PM
Scary by Christina Hauck on Tuesday, Nov 4, 2008 at 1:52:19 PM
What's really scary is the vote-rigging outside of Yahoo by Scott Baker on Tuesday, Nov 4, 2008 at 2:05:27 PM