Smash255
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« on: December 19, 2016, 08:03:11 PM » |
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After what happened in 2000, it isn't shocking that networks are more conservative with the states they call, but no it isn't bias.
In 2008, Obama won Indiana by a slightly larger margin than Trump won WI, & PA, IN wasn't called until 2:15 AM. North Carolina (which was slightly closer than Trump's pa & MI margin) wasn't called until two days after, NE-2 was three days after, Missouri's call (the closest state in 2008) wasn't until almost two weeks later.
Now of course the election was called sooner itself, because Obama already had the EV's from other states, this election was called later because the states that put Trump over the top EV wise were so close.
Considering Trump won those states by .72% and .77% (as per the #'s on Atlas currently) it isn't much of a surprise that both states took awhile to be called, and it seems to match past history with states about as close when those were called.
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