Planning to follow coverage of the Israeli election results tonight? Be wary of exit polls because the abundance of undecided voters makes margin of error unusually high. YNet News notes an American professor’s words of caution:
The handling of the large number of undecided voters, which borders on mysterious, and media distortion of survey results make it difficult even for experts to predict what is in store, says Kenneth Goldstein, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin.
Goldstein says that Kadima is expected to win, as all polls predict, but adds it is difficult to determine whether this will be a significant victory or a more marginal one….
Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Remember the confusion over Palestinian exit polls?
