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NATIONAL EXIT POLL: 2014 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

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National Exit Poll: 2014 Presidential Elections

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National Exit Poll: 2014 Presidential Elections


Publisher : Democratic Initiatives Foundation , Ukraine

Date: 2013

Volume: 23 pages , pdf

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From the very beginning the role of exit polls has become more important than just being an integral part of post–election night talk–show. In a society, that is on the stage of democratic transition, where the fairness of elections did not become an unconditional norm for politicians, the results of exit–polls represent a proof of validity of the official results. Being a reliable method of public control over the integrity of elections, exit polls also perform important functions such as prevention of disorders. That means mainly preventing intentions to falsify results or embody «peacekeeping» mission – because after the elections politicians try to justify their defeat by reference to falsification occurred.