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== Exit poll ==

On Election Day, November 6, 2012, they polled 507 voters in Manhattan's left-leaning 69th Assembly District.

On Election Day, November 6, 2012, they polled 507 voters in Manhattan's left-leaning 69th Assembly District. In this poll, every voter participated in all 4 voting systems.<ref name=":2" />

In ~~this~~ ~~poll,~~ ~~every~~ ~~voter~~ ~~participated~~ in ~~all~~ 4 ~~voting systems.~~<ref name=":2" />

The candidates were the same as those in the real election:<ref name=":1" />

* Barack Obama (Democratic Party)

* Mitt Romney (Republican Party)

* Jill Stein (Green Party)

* Peta Lindsay (Socialism and Liberation Party)

* Gary Johnson (Libertarian)

* Virgil Goode (Constitution Party)

* Write-in option

No adjustment was made to correct for the unrepresentativeness of the district, though polling only took place in a single district, so that the poll's plurality results could be compared with the results of the actual election in that district ~~(and~~ ~~they~~ were ~~well-correlated).~~<ref name=":1" />

No adjustment was made to correct for the unrepresentativeness of the district, though polling only took place in a single district, so that the poll's plurality results could be compared with the results of the actual plurality election in that district. The results were similar for both:<ref name=":1" />

{{Graph:Chart|width=600|height=400

Candidates: Obama; Romney; Jill Stein (Green Party); Peta Lindsay (Socialism and Liberation Party); Gary Johnson (Libertarian); Virgil Goode (Constitution Party)<ref name=":1" />

|xAxisTitle=Candidate|yAxisTitle=Votes (% of possible)|legend=Legend|type=rect

|y1Title=Actual election

|y2Title=OWS exit poll

|x=Obama, Romney, Stein, Johnson, Lindsay, Goode, Write-in

|y1=88.90, 9.60, 0.81, 0.48, 0.04, 0.03, 0.13

|y2=85.01, 8.28, 3.16, 1.78, 0.99, 0.39, 0.20,

}}

== References ==