Ukrainian users of social networks will be the first to learn the results of the exit polls
This year the Democratic Initiatives Foundation, which
traditionally organizes exit polls during elections in Ukraine,
opened its own website in five popular social networks. This will
allow Internet users to instantaneously learn the results of the
exit poll before they are announced on TV or published in national
newspapers.
An exit poll is an express polling of voters as they exit voting
stations. It was developed in the U.S. especially for the news and
the organization of TV shows. The authors of this idea in now way
foresaw that exit polls would soon become one of the most important
elements and instruments of public control over fairness and
transparency of elections in Ukraine. Naturally, the organizers of
such polls feel their results cannot serve as an argument for
lawyers in a court of law, but they can become a signal of blatant
falsification (rigging) in the counting of votes.
Director of DIF Ilko Kucheriv says, “We are fighting for exit polls
becoming a Ukrainian tradition.”
This would not only become a tradition, but a unique new Ukrainian
brand and a positive example for all countries that have chosen the
path of democratic transformation.
DIF introduced this tradition by being the first to organize an
exit poll and the Election Night TV program during the
parliamentary elections in 1998. Since then participants of the
projects have gained extensive experience in organizing and
conducting exit polls at voting stations.
The presidential elections in 2004 were a true challenge for
democracy and sociologist in Ukraine. Since then they began to
regard exit polls in Ukraine as a unique opportunity to counteract
falsification of the election process, which is a fairly new
phenomenon in world practice.
Polling data in 2006 differed from the official results of the
elections by no more than 1.1%. This gave grounds for concluding
that there was no massive falsification during the parliamentary
elections in 2006 that could have significantly altered the vote
count.
In 2007 on the day of unscheduled elections to the Verkhovna Rada
of Ukraine (the Parliament), the ninth exit poll not only
determined the winners of the election race, but also fairly
accurately revealed the number of votes garnered by the parties.
Immediately following the publication of the exit poll data
politicians began alluding to the results of the elections, albeit
the previous ones, as a proven fact and no longer waiting for the
results of the Central Election Commission have begun naming the
constituency of future coalitions in the parliament.
The
usage of New Media, in particular direct broadcasting of the
announcement of exit poll results on YouTube, will become one of
the distinctive features of the National Exit Poll 2010. Besides
that, this information will be synchronously published in the
Ukrainian and English languages on the following sites: http://www.exitpoll.org.ua,
www.dif.org.ua and www.newcitizen.org.ua and
disseminated via e-mail and the social networks Twitter, Facebook,
Livejournal and Vkontakte.
This year’s nationwide polling will be the first to be conducted by
almost exclusively Ukrainian financing. Sociological services have
appealed to citizen with a request to make a monetary contribution
for conducting the exit poll. Fundraising via the Internet is an
original experiment that will show the readiness of Ukrainians to
support non-government initiatives.
The Democratic Initiatives Foundation traditionally plays the role
of coordinator and organizer of financing exit polls. Meanwhile,
KIIS and the Razumkov Centre conduct the polling and are
responsible for the scientific processing of its results.
Join us on the social networks:
http://dif-ua.livejournal.com/ - official blog of the Democratic Initiatives Foundation
http://vkontakte.ru/club14300686 - group on Vkontakte
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ukranskij-Nacionlnij-Ekzit-pol2010-Ukrainian-National-Exitpoll2010/238377754546 - page on Facebook
http://twitter.com/exitpollua official account on Twitter
http://www.youtube.com/user/Deminitiatives - DIF channel on Youtube
http://www.causes.com/causes/430471/about - fundraising for conducting the exit poll during the second round of the presidential elections.
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An appeal of Ukraine's intellectuals, politicians and civic activists to parliaments, governments and peoples of the world - October 25, 2009
International Conference «For Our Freedom and Yours! For Our Common Future!» - October 26, 2009
For Our Freedom and Yours! For Our Common Future! - October 26, 2009
V?clav Havel - October 26, 2009
Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski - October 26, 2009
Remarks by Carl Gershman, President of the NED - January 15, 2010
Description of the National Exit Poll 2010 project during the 2010 Presidential Elections in Ukraine - January 15, 2010
The National Exit Poll 2010 Oversight Council has been formed - January 15, 2010
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