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sg0508
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« on: December 29, 2010, 06:47:52 PM »

I'm curious to know how in the heck the networks actually called both of those states.  We know that exit polls are used and that there have been big issues with those, but how can you call those two states that were won by <1 pt and <2 pts, especially when there was a 3rd party candidate making it tough to further predict the actual results?

at 7pm, those two states were called immediately, which seems ridiculous considering how close they were.  In the end, the calls were correct, but that was something.
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sg0508
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« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2010, 09:47:37 PM »

I thought it was very interesting how fast they called a lot of the Clinton states that night and none of the Bush states. 

At one point, Clinton had 363 EVs to 62 for Bush.  FL, TX, NC, MS, AZ and some other Bush states hadn't been called yet.  Yet, basically all the Clinton states were called by 11pm EDT (outside of NV and MT).

GA, VT and NH were called with 0% reporting and yes, VT wasn't close.
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