MSNBC: GA-Gov too early to call at 7PM

[Renew Deal]

That means they think someone is winning the exit polls

[DonViejo]

1. What? No, it means the polls just closed, votes haven't

been counted

[qazplm135]

5. no, when they say too close to call

it means they literally think it's too close to call.

If they say, too early to call, it means the exit polling favored one side or the other, but since there are no votes yet, they don't make a call because the exit polling could be wrong.

[DonViejo]

9. Yes, it means no votes have been counted...

because the polls had just closed at 7 p.m. No way in heck was any station going to call the Ga gubernatorial election just nano-seconds after the polls closed.

[qazplm135]

11. let me try this again

if the exit polling were tied and there were no vote, they'd say too close.

if the exit polling were showing one person ahead and there was no vote, they'd say too early.

[DonViejo]

12. Let me try this again...

I have over 55 years experience working with the media on election night. Hotly contested races such as in Georgia, are never called within nano-seconds of the polls closing. However, you happily continue to believe your understanding of the term "too close to call" when used in reference to hotly contested races, and I will believe my experience based understanding.

[still_one]

6. I believe the court ruled that the polls in Georgia will stay open until 9:30 P.M. I suspect the

results from Georgia won't be known tonight

[sweetloukillbot]

7. It means they've got a good idea who the winner is...

But they don't have enough data to call it, because the polls just closed.
Too close means it's tight.

[beachbum bob]

2. Most likel will not know until provisional ballots, that could be

a day or 2

[DeminPennswoods]

3. "Too early" designation suprised me, too

I'd expect it to change to "too close", though.

[octoberlib]

4. Did they really need to say this?

[octoberlib]

8. There's a heavily Dem Georgia precinct where polls won't close until 9:45

[CurtEastPoint]

13. Fulton/ATL will not report until 11-midnight. They are ALWAYS slow/late.

[recovering_democrat]

10. Maybe runoff

With all the mess in GA likely to get runoff. Dont be surprised. I lived there 60+ years. It can get crazy.

[Demovictory9]

14. Kemp is winning the exit polls slightly

https://www.cnn.com/election/2018/exit-polls/georgia

using Algebra... ha ha. Abrams 49 Kemp 51%