USATODAY.com - Exit pollsters to release election report to media, not to public

USATODAY.com - Exit pollsters to release election report to media:

"Because the report's conclusions might not be made public, the report is unlikely to appease critics who say the six media companies have moved too slowly to release information collected in the exit polls and have said too little about possible problems with those surveys.
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Some organizations, including Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, have been clamoring for further investigations into allegations of voting irregularities in Ohio and some other states. Last month, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., sent a letter to networks requesting the 'raw data' from Ohio exit polls, which he says might be of use in such inquiries — if the data are reliable.
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The reason to care about poll reporting: If the media don't accurately report what polls are saying about who's ahead, who's behind and what issues matter most, politicians may take the nation down paths voters don't want to travel."