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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReally, CNN? Vermont is too early to call?
I guess they just aren't calling anything at poll closing because of the difficulties of exit polling during a pandemic.
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Really, CNN? Vermont is too early to call? (Original Post)
democrattotheend
Nov 2020
OP
I think they want to avoid claims that they are influencing voters in the state before the
CentralMass
Nov 2020
#3
I thought they started doing this waiting for west coast to close. We knew by the numbers though.
LizBeth
Nov 2020
#4
If they are able to call a state when the polls close in that state they do.
former9thward
Nov 2020
#7
Claustrum
(5,060 posts)1. They called IN for Trump though
democrattotheend
(12,011 posts)2. But IN has been reporting votes for an hour
Most of the state was closed for the past hour. I imagine they will call Vermont as soon as a few votes come in.
CentralMass
(16,993 posts)3. I think they want to avoid claims that they are influencing voters in the state before the
polls close
democrattotheend
(12,011 posts)5. The polls closed in Vermont at 7 pm
For some reason Vermont closes its polls early like the southern states.
CentralMass
(16,993 posts)10. VT has been called for Biden.
LizBeth
(11,222 posts)4. I thought they started doing this waiting for west coast to close. We knew by the numbers though.
former9thward
(33,424 posts)7. If they are able to call a state when the polls close in that state they do.
No one waits for the west coast which doesn't close for 4 hours.
LizBeth
(11,222 posts)8. Ok, thanks.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)9. I thought what you thought
LizBeth
(11,222 posts)11. Ty, I thought we went thru a whole to do about that. Maybe it was calling the election as a whole,
now that I am thinking about it. Before Calif voted.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)12. Yeah that rings a bell
still_one
(98,883 posts)6. AP has called it for Biden