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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReally, CNN? Vermont is too early to call?
I guess they just aren't calling anything at poll closing because of the difficulties of exit polling during a pandemic.
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Really, CNN? Vermont is too early to call? (Original Post)
democrattotheend
Nov 2020
OP
I think they want to avoid claims that they are influencing voters in the state before the
CentralMass
Nov 2020
#3
I thought they started doing this waiting for west coast to close. We knew by the numbers though.
LizBeth
Nov 2020
#4
If they are able to call a state when the polls close in that state they do.
former9thward
Nov 2020
#7
Claustrum
(4,845 posts)1. They called IN for Trump though
democrattotheend
(11,605 posts)2. But IN has been reporting votes for an hour
Most of the state was closed for the past hour. I imagine they will call Vermont as soon as a few votes come in.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)3. I think they want to avoid claims that they are influencing voters in the state before the
polls close
democrattotheend
(11,605 posts)5. The polls closed in Vermont at 7 pm
For some reason Vermont closes its polls early like the southern states.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)10. VT has been called for Biden.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)4. I thought they started doing this waiting for west coast to close. We knew by the numbers though.
former9thward
(31,987 posts)7. If they are able to call a state when the polls close in that state they do.
No one waits for the west coast which doesn't close for 4 hours.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)8. Ok, thanks.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)9. I thought what you thought
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)11. Ty, I thought we went thru a whole to do about that. Maybe it was calling the election as a whole,
now that I am thinking about it. Before Calif voted.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)12. Yeah that rings a bell
still_one
(92,180 posts)6. AP has called it for Biden