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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMSM does it again
Pulling the too early to call In Virginia race to keep people turned In.
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MSM does it again (Original Post)
Robbins
Nov 2013
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kydo
(2,679 posts)1. on hardball
they just said *new Virginia* big turn out for terry. and again a *new Virginia* the voters that turnout for 2012 for Obama came out for Terry.
brooklynite
(93,847 posts)2. Unrec
You want them to call the race with 0% of the votes counted and an exit poll lead of less than 10%?
Sorry-"we all know " isn 't an acceptable statistical standard.
Robbins
(5,066 posts)3. If it was republicans with these exit polls
They would have called It already.
brooklynite
(93,847 posts)5. Prove it...
Give us an example of an immediate call with these margins
maddezmom
(135,060 posts)4. I prefer the too close to call than an error
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)6. The polls closed 20 minutes ago...
Call me crazy but they may want to wait just a little bit to make sure the numbers are validated.