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marie999

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28. Cnn will not call the race until they are sure that trump can't win that state.

Reply to coti (Original post)

Fri Nov 6, 2020, 06:06 PM

Nov 2020

They say they look at the margin, how many votes are left to count, and approximately what percentage of the votes left to count will go to Biden and how many will go to trump. That does not mean that Biden has to be ahead by 50,000 votes and there are only 40,000 votes left to count. If Biden is ahead by 40,000 votes and there are 60,000 votes left to count and Biden is getting 50% of those votes, they will call it. This does not mean they have to wait for a recount. We've waited 4 years for this, we can wait a little while longer.

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It's time to call the race. [View all] coti Nov 2020 OP

a 4,000,000 + vote majority agrees. NoMoreRepugs Nov 2020 #1

Which states would you call? lame54 Nov 2020 #2

AZ and NV honest.abe Nov 2020 #10

Is the math there?... lame54 Nov 2020 #14

AZ has already been called by Fox and AP. honest.abe Nov 2020 #17

All 4 of those Biden is leading in. coti Nov 2020 #12

I read that AP is waiting to call PA SoCalNative Nov 2020 #18

Recounts should be an after-the-fact consideration coti Nov 2020 #21

Agree Johnny2X2X Nov 2020 #3

'He will exceed 270 electoral votes, almost certainly by far, elleng Nov 2020 #4

Weird balancing act of Democracy and Pandemic. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2020 #5

Have Red State called it? 1848minifesto Nov 2020 #6

Last night I saw PA would be called when Biden's vote lead was 20k Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #7

They are not going to call it. They were just talking about 60,000 helpisontheway Nov 2020 #8

NV should hardly even matter. nt coti Nov 2020 #16

It might matter now that Ari Velcher is saying that Biden's lead decreased some in PA due to helpisontheway Nov 2020 #19

Take away PA and NV, Biden still won AZ and GA coti Nov 2020 #23

There are still military ballots to count in GA torius Nov 2020 #25

The arguments being made here are throwing coti Nov 2020 #26

It will be a handful MoonlitKnight Nov 2020 #29

We're about 6 hours past that point BannonsLiver Nov 2020 #9

Yeah, I'm starting to get the feeling they're enjoying the drama and attention too much. Nt coti Nov 2020 #24

+1 treestar Nov 2020 #31

Slowing things down might keep the RWNJs from erupting for a while Wicked Blue Nov 2020 #11

I think that was true for these few days, but if you wait too long coti Nov 2020 #27

Yes Sunsky Nov 2020 #13

There is something to be said genxlib Nov 2020 #15

If the tables are turned, I think the networks 100% would have called it already Maven Nov 2020 #20

Yes. And CERTAINLY Trump would have declared victory. coti Nov 2020 #22

Ofd Coarse. Look who owns the Major Networks. Tommymac Nov 2020 #32

Cnn will not call the race until they are sure that trump can't win that state. marie999 Nov 2020 #28

And this methodology means they should be calling it. MoonlitKnight Nov 2020 #30

There are 70,000-100,000 provisional ballots in PA. They will be the last ballots checked. marie999 Nov 2020 #36

These media are now abdicating their responsibility to our democracy coti Nov 2020 #33

Biden's lead in PA is narrowing over the past hour. LeftInTX Nov 2020 #34

180 votes. Not exactly devastating, and in a small sample coti Nov 2020 #35