No not Kerry, not even Gore in 2000. Looks like exit polls in Ukraine are just as reliable as they are here. Pesky little things, they are. Better to keep them hushed up. Best not to let the raw data out for analysis.
Well, one candidate isn't taking it lieing down.
This from Reuters
Viktor Yushchenko said there had been blatant cheating in Sunday's run-off vote in two specific areas of eastern Ukraine, where his opponent, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, is particularly strong.
"I believe in my victory, but we are saying that today the authorities have launched total falsification (of results)," he said.
He called on his supporters to turn out in the center of the capital Kiev from 9 a.m. (0700 gmt) to protest.
Yushchenko's comments increased the tension ahead of a formal announcement of preliminary results by the central election commission at the end of the count, possibly later on Monday.
News of the exit poll that gave Yushchenko victory brought thousands out on to Independence Square, many clad in the bright orange campaign colors of the challenger, waving flags, swaying and singing along with pop groups shown on giant screens.
"The results of the exit poll show a clear victory for our candidate. We need to defend this victory," Yushchenko's campaign chief, Oleksander Zinchenko, told them.
"The people have shown they can beat the criminals in power," said Petro Poroshenko, another Yushchenko lieutenant.
Serhiy Tyhypko, Yanukovich's campaign manager, told ICTV television: "The final word will be with the Central Election Commission. We will abide by those results, whatever they are."