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The fact that it always happens doesn’t make it any better. Media announcements have real effects. We already saw this happen in 2000.


In 2000 it was bad because the call was done for something too close (hundreds of votes) that hadn't finalized and the controversy that followed was around how close that state was not that states had been called.

The differences in the "close" states needed to push past 270 are nearly 100x that and multiple would need to flip to matter. The only remaining thing that's actually close to watch is how much over 270 Biden ends up with at this point.


The media was not the reason why 2000 was controversial..


This is why they now wait until polls are closed.




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