The 2-Belo wrote:

> Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson and fj.life.in-japan is a baaaaaaaaaaad combination:
> 
>>I tried asking the BYJW last night, but I didn't really understand the
>>answer, so let's try in English:
>>
>>I noticed that within half an hour of the polls closing there seemed
>>to be results from single-seat constituencies coming in. How do they
>>get them done so fast
> 
> Most of what is shown on the terebi is probably exit polls, rather than the
> actual counting of votes. This probably differs little from the US.

Last I heard, the American media has voluntarily given up exit polls (it 
was blamed as part of the cause of the Indecision 2000 fiasco).

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