Incidentally, the mysterious and super-arrogant Voter News Service has frequently changed its name over the years. We also have a picture of a badge worn by a Voter News Service worker on election night 1988 which was snapped at one of the regional center phone banks in Cincinnati, Ohio. So the competition between the networks is a hoax. Furthermore, there are VERY few exit polls, most Americans have never seen one, and do not know anyone who has ever seen one. Next, at each exit poll, only about 1 out of 15 people will talk to the exit poller.
People are busy.
They are running to work, picking up the kids, coming home from work, etc. etc. etc. When I tried to talk to the exit poll lady at this New Hampshire location, she got irate and called the policeman who was providing security at this voting location. She acted like I was threatening national security to ask her a few questions challenging how these exit polls could possibly be scientific. So, there are very, very few exit polls. Only about 1 out of 15 people will talk to the exit pollers, totally determined by the attitude and force of circumstances involving the people in that neighborhood.