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2016 Postmortem

phantom power

(25,966 posts) Tue Mar 22, 2016, 11:24 PM Mar 2016

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AP just "called" the election with 4% of the vote? WTF?

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AP just "called" the election with 4% of the vote? WTF? (Original Post) phantom power Mar 2016 OP

What 4%? brooklynite Mar 2016 #1

Yeah, like that never never happens Hokie Mar 2016 #2

That hour lag is so they can " get it right" CentralMass Mar 2016 #3

Again, MATH! n/t 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2016 #4

The reason I'm surprised is because I know math. is their 4% statistically representative? phantom power Mar 2016 #5

brooklynite

(94,333 posts)

1. What 4%?

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 11:26 PM

Mar 2016

Currently 51% is in. There was a huge number of early votes tallied.

Hokie

(4,286 posts)

2. Yeah, like that never never happens

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 11:26 PM

Mar 2016

You know this has been done since 1964 so why act surprised?

CentralMass

(15,265 posts)

3. That hour lag is so they can " get it right"

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 11:28 PM

Mar 2016

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)

4. Again, MATH! n/t

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 11:36 PM

Mar 2016

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phantom power

(25,966 posts)

5. The reason I'm surprised is because I know math. is their 4% statistically representative?

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 10:25 AM

Mar 2016

I mean, maybe, but geographically it didn't look very well distributed, and it matters a lot.

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