The Associated Press will not predict a winner of the presidential election.

[Nevilledog]

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Tweet text:
Jonathan Lemire
@JonLemire
The Associated Press will not predict a winner of the presidential election. It will not even name an apparent or likely winner. The A.P. will make the call only when it is certain — just as it has in every U.S. election since 1848, when Zachary Taylor won
An Associated Press staff member reads copy from the election tabulator in November 1936.
In a Hot Election, the Cool-Headed Associated Press Takes Center Stage
At the end of a turbulent campaign, the global news organization has a big role to play, with 4,000 reporters collecting vote counts from county clerks in 50 states.
nytimes.com
2:35 PM · Nov 2, 2020

[Sneederbunk]

1. What does a photo of a toilet paper factory have to do with the AP?

[ARPad95]

2. Looks like printing presses?

[LastDemocratInSC]

6. Not enough detail in the photo to be sure

But all news agencies distributed information by teletype machines in earlier times.

[irisblue]

4. That image is from the NYTimes story that the tweet references

[ARPad95]

5. Aha, the photo caption on NY Times site states it's an election tabulator from 1936.

[bdamomma]

3. Good idea.

Count every VOTE. Period.