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11-05-2020, 10:32 AM
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#2981
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Originally Posted by Raekwon
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he does know he's lost 270-268 if they do, right?
these people really are morons, it's unbelievable.
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11-05-2020, 10:32 AM
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#2982
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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The whining from Carlson and Hannity tonight will be epic.
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11-05-2020, 10:32 AM
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#2983
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Can someone please explain to me how we knew a results in California 6 minutes after the polls closed (when CNN called it for Biden) and we still don't have the results from smaller states??
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11-05-2020, 10:33 AM
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#2984
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
Can someone please explain to me how we knew a results in California 6 minutes after the polls closed (when CNN called it for Biden) and we still don't have the results from smaller states??
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California isn't a swing state and reliably votes Democrat 2:1.
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11-05-2020, 10:33 AM
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#2985
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
Can someone please explain to me how we knew a results in California 6 minutes after the polls closed (when CNN called it for Biden) and we still don't have the results from smaller states??
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from the advanced vote and trends, they know right away. Biden won California something like 70-30.
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11-05-2020, 10:34 AM
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#2986
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It took a week to count Michigan last time with no pandemic.
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11-05-2020, 10:34 AM
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#2987
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Join Date: Aug 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
Can someone please explain to me how we knew a results in California 6 minutes after the polls closed (when CNN called it for Biden) and we still don't have the results from smaller states??
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Some states are stupidly obvious which way they lean. It's not exactly a stretch to call some of them right off the bat.
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11-05-2020, 10:34 AM
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#2988
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
Can someone please explain to me how we knew a results in California 6 minutes after the polls closed (when CNN called it for Biden) and we still don't have the results from smaller states??
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The same way we did for Kentucky and West Virginia: analytical models showing with a 99.9% certainty that the state was going blue that are borne out by the initial dump of votes.
This is not new. They do this every election.
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11-05-2020, 10:34 AM
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#2989
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
Can someone please explain to me how we knew a results in California 6 minutes after the polls closed (when CNN called it for Biden) and we still don't have the results from smaller states??
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some states aren't allowed to start counting mail-in votes until the polls are closed.
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11-05-2020, 10:34 AM
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#2990
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
Can someone please explain to me how we knew a results in California 6 minutes after the polls closed (when CNN called it for Biden) and we still don't have the results from smaller states??
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Because we know the state will vote 70% dem.
Same in illinois, called the moment the polls closed.
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11-05-2020, 10:35 AM
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#2991
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
Can someone please explain to me how we knew a results in California 6 minutes after the polls closed (when CNN called it for Biden) and we still don't have the results from smaller states??
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Percentage of vote for a candidate cast so far along with number of votes remaining. Plus, some places are highly predictable based on polling and historical voting patterns. It's the same reason they called Kentucky within minutes of their polls closing.
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11-05-2020, 10:35 AM
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#2992
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
Can someone please explain to me how we knew a results in California 6 minutes after the polls closed (when CNN called it for Biden) and we still don't have the results from smaller states??
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Cali is still counting we just know it's going to Biden
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11-05-2020, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by MarchHare
NATE SILVER
NOV. 5, 12:28 PM
I’m not a decision desk, but I suppose I think Nevada is on the verge of being callable at this point. Two-thirds of the state’s population is in Clark County and Biden is gaining big in Clark County! Not sure I see the route for a Trump comeback.
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11-05-2020, 10:35 AM
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Nevada going fast now. Now the % we hoped but 50/50 the rest of the way is good enough at this point.
The most recent Nevada batch of 12,000 resulted in a net of 300 for Biden (51%). Biden's lead increased to 11,800 with an estimated 170,000 to go.
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11-05-2020, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by united
Nevada going fast now. Now the % we hoped but 50/50 the rest of the way is good enough at this point.
The most recent Nevada batch of 12,000 resulted in a net of 300 for Biden (51%). Biden's lead increased to 11,800 with an estimated 170,000 to go.
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Meh...
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11-05-2020, 10:36 AM
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Silver thinks Nevada is nearly callable at this point.
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11-05-2020, 10:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
Can someone please explain to me how we knew a results in California 6 minutes after the polls closed (when CNN called it for Biden) and we still don't have the results from smaller states??
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Its just that California's % is easy to project. They are actually only about 66% done counting in California but Biden is up 7.9million to 3.9 million.
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11-05-2020, 10:36 AM
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#2998
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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so if Nevada is called, do FOX have the guts to call Biden as president after already calling Arizona? Might be interesting.
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11-05-2020, 10:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
Can someone please explain to me how we knew a results in California 6 minutes after the polls closed (when CNN called it for Biden) and we still don't have the results from smaller states??
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The result of California was never in doubt. Like Alabama for example, it's not a swing state. Biden was always going to win huge there. For states like Nevada and Georgia, it looks like they may come down to the wire, so it's taking longer to get a decisive outcome.
For Pennsylvania, Republicans in the state government passed a law stating that mail-in ballots (which will heavily favour Biden) could not be counted until after all the e-day ballots had been counted. The only reason for this restriction was to create confusion about the result and allow Trump to claim to his supporters that Democrats are "stealing the election" via voter fraud.
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11-05-2020, 10:36 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: On your last nerve...:D
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
Can someone please explain to me how we knew a results in California 6 minutes after the polls closed (when CNN called it for Biden) and we still don't have the results from smaller states??
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You pretty much don't even have to wait for election night to call CA for a Democrat, at least since the 90s/Clinton. That's not to say they shouldn't be counted or something nefarious is going on, it's just how it has trended since the 90s.
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