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[deleted] t1_iw5e9zl wrote

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CougdIt t1_iw5twlw wrote

How does it sell out due process? Do you think they stop counting when the media reports something?

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[deleted] t1_iw85j1s wrote

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CougdIt t1_iw8axbs wrote

Yeah he media never calls a race before polls are closed do they?

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[deleted] t1_iw5ud4l wrote

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CougdIt t1_iw5uge3 wrote

Agreed but a media outlet calling it does not affect any part of the rest of the process

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Remarkable_Ad7161 t1_iw5fj4c wrote

Hmmm so with under 10k votes remaining, you think Joe Kent has a chance of converting a gap of 4600+ votes? I don't think the news outlets just throw out wins arbitrarily.

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bedlog t1_iw5u60j wrote

Have weirder come backs happen? Im sure you are right but what if?

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Jasonrj t1_iw6284b wrote

>Have weirder come backs happen?

No

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VariousHumanOrgans t1_iw6c0kf wrote

You mean weird comebacks where math all of a sudden doesn’t work right?

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littleblackcar t1_iw5k47s wrote

> it sells out the due process of vote counting

What does “sells out the due process” even mean?

You do understand that election officials don’t stop counting just because a media outlet ran some statistical analysis and determined it’s essentially impossible for the outcome to change based on remaining uncounted votes, right?

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[deleted] t1_iw5ts6t wrote

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Old-AF t1_iw5yug7 wrote

Media isn’t “deciding” anything, they are REPORTING what the votes are trending at and what is the likely outcome when all of the votes are counted.

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Amelia-Earwig OP t1_iw5h53u wrote

The media has always reported early estimates. It doesn’t matter because the vote counting will continue until finished.

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doktorhladnjak t1_iw5m868 wrote

By that logic, I guess no race in the state should be called or any candidate declare victory for weeks until every county had finished counting and certification

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sallymarmalade t1_iw6cu8a wrote

The AP was 100% correct on their 2020 calls. They have 4000 reporters on the ground checking in with vote counts, and they use the math of how many votes are left and where and previous voting tendencies for things like mail-in votes or overall political leanings (like say, if DC actually got their own representative, they’re not going to flip from 90% Democrat to 51% Republican in 2 years… that’s extreme, but that’s the idea). They call it when it’s very unlikely to change.

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