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...across the country, TIME'S bureau chiefs deployed their forces to cover not only the contest for President but also the significant congressional and state races. Correspondents in all of the key cities and state capitals conducted exit polls and monitored the mood of the voters as they cast their ballots. From those hour-by-hour reports, supplemented by insights from expert political observers and party leaders, the bureau chiefs described how Americans in their part of the country voted-and why they voted overwhelmingly for Ronald Reagan...
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Greenfield also said the media's early reporting of exit poll results on election night might prevent some West Coast voters from casting ballots. The media should exercise more "self restraint" to address the problem, she said, adding that she opposed governmental regulation of exit polling...
...investors, though, were happy with the change. Some Wall Streeters feared that rumors based on exit polls could stampede the market during trading and create wild price swings. Others worried lest speculators who follow the vote use their knowledge of the balloting to reap profits. Said William Le-Fevre, market strategist for Purcell, Graham & Co.: "The market should not open because there is too much room for abuse." Exchange officials discounted such concerns. "We deal with rumors day in and day out here," said a spokesman, "and I don't think there will be any more or any less...
...News President Roone Arledge offered the second example of EPR. He announced that the Tuesday edition of "World News Tonight" would not broadcast the results of its exit polls. The network would wait until after the Eastern polls had closed. Imagine: all this for John Q. Public. CBS and NBC failed to match Arledge's self-restraint. Their evening newscasts reported voter trends and all they portend...