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Originally Posted by keenan87
How so? They are preaching counting all the votes until its mathematically significant so why wasn't that done for other states?
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That's a fair question.
Given states like CA, and MT their polling, pre and exit, with historic trends, they knew the outcome prior to a significant amount of votes being cast.
You know rural Alberta is voting CPC in the federal election. You can basically call it the moment the polls close.
That said, a battleground state in the middle of a battle is less certain. They don't want to call it until they're sure.
Keep in mind I don't think Alaska is called yet. I would imagine because it was also ignored by pollsters. Yet, we all know its going to Trump.
It all depends on the variables available, which is more than simply X votes have been counted, Y for Trump, and Z for Biden.