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« on: December 07, 2016, 02:57:14 PM » |
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In a lot of states in the US, that type of approach wouldn't work well given the frequency of absentee/mail voting (wherein such ballots may arrive days after Election Day and/or may be counted separately and display different patterns than the in-person Election Day vote), provisional ballots, in-person early voting, and other non-traditional mechanisms which sometimes comprise the majority of ballots cast in a state.
In addition, the media has become quite skittish about projections post-2000, and the motivation exists to keep the election in suspense as long as possible for viewership reasons.
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