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Are these cowards going to call this?!? (Original Post) angrychair Nov 2020 OP
Cowards? SharonClark Nov 2020 #1
they've been going on angrychair Nov 2020 #4
In Virginia, we count our absentee ballots thecrow Nov 2020 #13
I know Catherine Vincent Nov 2020 #2
Maybe because the vote counting isn't finished? sinkingfeeling Nov 2020 #3
They call states all the time angrychair Nov 2020 #6
They don't call states based on "trends". marybourg Nov 2020 #11
vote counting bdamomma Nov 2020 #7
Maybe because they don't want to look like utter fools if they turn out to be wrong? Hekate Nov 2020 #5
Its not a guess at this point angrychair Nov 2020 #8
Patience Hekate Nov 2020 #9
Patience angrychair Nov 2020 #10
We're about to get another tease from Arizona! Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #12
Ballot counters in PA have estimated that, at the rate Totally Tunsie Nov 2020 #14

angrychair

(8,692 posts)
4. they've been going on
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 09:46 PM
Nov 2020

for hours about the trend line without willing to make the final call.

They called VA for Biden despite the difference was still a couple hundred thousand votes

thecrow

(5,519 posts)
13. In Virginia, we count our absentee ballots
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 11:05 PM
Nov 2020

shortly after they arrive. Other states may have different rules.
Pennsylvanians had to wait til Election Day to start counting.
I hope this helps. Stay calm.

angrychair

(8,692 posts)
6. They call states all the time
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 09:48 PM
Nov 2020

with sometimes huge deficits. The trend line is very clear in PA at this point and has not changed.

marybourg

(12,611 posts)
11. They don't call states based on "trends".
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 09:56 PM
Nov 2020

They call them only when it is functionally impossible for the other candidate to prevail, based on their knowledge of the outstanding ballots and the precincts those ballots come from.

angrychair

(8,692 posts)
8. Its not a guess at this point
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 09:50 PM
Nov 2020

they know exactly where these votes are coming from, how many there are and the trend line of how they are coming back.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
12. We're about to get another tease from Arizona!
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 09:58 PM
Nov 2020

More ballot results being dumped soon!

Will those clinch it?

Of course not!

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
14. Ballot counters in PA have estimated that, at the rate
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 11:12 PM
Nov 2020

the mail-in ballots are trending for Biden, they anticipate Biden will surpass Chump around 4-5:00 a.m.

Game over.

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