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Question: When should the media start projecting election results?
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After 24 hours
 
#2
After 48 hours
 
#3
After 60 hours
 
#4
After the polls close
 
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As soon as possible
 
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Kalwejt
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« on: February 23, 2015, 12:05:10 PM »

Well, cinyc had made a good point that no RL media calls an election when the votes are still being casted.
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Kalwejt
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« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2015, 01:49:04 PM »

Well, cinyc had made a good point that no RL media calls an election when the votes are still being casted.





Seriously though, I wonder how far we can relate to RL here, as RL elections also don't have the possibility to count votes before the end. Part of what Atlasia makes interesting is this "look bore leads by 3 votes; oh no, now TNF is a vote behind...", and if that means some races will have apparent winners early on, well, so shall be it, I'd say.

Did CNN called Florida for Gore before polls actually closed?
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