Arbitrage1980
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« on: August 02, 2023, 07:08:46 PM » |
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« edited: August 02, 2023, 07:14:00 PM by Arbitrage1980 »
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Looking at prior election night coverages, it's obvious that networks call states early for Dems while waiting as late as possible to call states for Republicans. Why is this the case?
2020: FL being called with like 95% in despite being crystal clear that Trump was going to win earlier on
2020: IN being called after VA, AK being called super late even though Trump won it by 10 (same margin as Biden in VA)
2008: OH being called with just 11% in, even though W Bush won it by 2 in 04 and Obama winning it by 4.5%; Trump won OH by 8% both times but it was called much later
2000: FL, not gonna even talk about how much of a travesty this was
1992: GA and NH being called at poll closing despite Clinton barely winning them
More examples but the pattern is clear.
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