According to an article in the Columbus Dispatch, the error, called a computer glitch, was corrected.
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/election/election-president.php?story=dispatch/2004/11/05/20041105-A6-01.html
Jules --
Exit poll manipulation has indeed been thrown around as a possibility as to why they were off. But I would like to point out that your theory could just as easily go the other way, in which voters for candidate B inflate exit poll numbers to discourage voters of candidate A by imposing a feeling of inevitability in B's win.
Given all that, the national exit poll data is actually pretty much in line with the outcome of the election. As for why the state exit polls were off, Edison/Mitofsky is still looking into the problem -- at this point, no one really know what happened, or how bad the results really were. But until more information is available, the problems with the exit polls should not be deemed mischief or manipulation or what have you.
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