NYTimes says Arizona and Georgia races are essentially over but haven't called them.

[triron]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/upshot/election-arizona-georgia-results.html

[Iris]

1. Duh

[Cha]

2. So many loops to jump through.. any paragraphs for us, triron?

TY!

[Maeve]

3. Three paragraphs from the story

Why haven’t some networks made a projection? It almost certainly does not reflect the view that Mr. Trump has a realistic chance to win. Instead, the networks are being cautious for a simple reason: The overall margin is less than a half-point — Mr. Biden has a 49.40 share of the vote, and Mr. Trump is at 49.06 — which is generally the threshold for a network projection. If it’s closer than that, the decision desks start to wonder about one-in-a-thousand possibilities, like an irregularity in the tabulated count or the kind of data entry troubles that plagued Florida in 2000.

Many news organizations — but not The A.P. — sometimes designate an “apparent” winner if a candidate appears to have clinched victory in a close election. It’s possible the networks will make that characterization once all of the votes are counted. But even if they don’t make a call, they’re just being cautious in a tight race. This one looks done.

(For most races, The New York Times automatically accepts the race calls made by The A.P. But in the most important ones, The Times sometimes takes a more conservative approach, as is the case here, particularly given the complexity of the voting in this pandemic year.)

[LisaL]

4. AZ doesn't recount at this margin.

NT

[Maeve]

5. Just people being cautious because...2020

[Miguelito Loveless]

6. This explanation has been up for a week now

Seems they are either afraid, or are just happy to draw it out

[Cha]

7. Oh TY Maeve.. glad I came back to the thread..

otherwise all I get is a headline.

[PoliticAverse]

8. Fox News called Arizona for Biden election night. n/t

[Blue Owl]

9. Silver Lining: Donny is twisting in the wind...

Vulnerable, breakable, reduced to a mere speck clinging for its life...