Media is holding off calling the race just because of fears from Trump Cult ?

[JI7]

That's why they are putting so much into analysis which would usually have been done after annoucing winner ?

Is this correct ?

[drray23]

1. yes they said as much. nt.

[sarisataka]

7. Link?

[Claustrum]

2. No. It's like when GA or AZ aren't called.

PA is looking good for Biden but it shouldn't be called until Biden's lead grows a bit more.

[Wounded Bear]

3. No. Margins of Biden lead is still less than the number of votes out there...

in PA and GA.

Yes, we must still be patient.

[LizBeth]

24. A number of states every election are called with the margin less than the votes out there.

[Wounded Bear]

25. Usually just the obvious ones...nt

[LizBeth]

28. Penn is pretty damn obvious and has been for at least 24 hours.

[Wounded Bear]

30. I mean historically obvious. PA flipped last cycle, so not so obvious any more...nt

[LizBeth]

36. I disagree. It was obvious to every single person I heard talking about the race for two days now.

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. Government buildings are at risk.

People work in them.

They should be kept as safe as possible.

[TDale313]

5. Which is friggin' stupid

Cause the reaction won’t change if they call it now or in a few hours.

[JI7]

13. I can understand safety concerns and if law enforcement

wants to be sure they can be ready .

[jcgoldie]

6. I think otherwise it would have been called 24 hours ago

They used to try to be 1st now they want to let someone else absorb the vitriol. Look at the reaction to fox news just for calling AZ...

[lindysalsagal]

8. NO. They need to look at how many absentee votes will come after.

When they see a margin above that number, so they know it can't change the outcome, then they call it. Absentee ballots can take days.

[Statistical]

17. They normally are not that cautious.

Plenty of states have been called long long long before it was a mathematical certainty.

For example FL was called when Trump was up 4% but 9% of the votes were still outstanding. They look at the trends and the ratio the votes are breaking and where the remaining votes are from. It is unusual for them to be taking this long.

Of course they have a captive audience now and those cheeseburger ads are making bank.

[lindysalsagal]

19. OK but PA is notoriously mixed, so, it's a dangerous call.

But no one's afraid of magats.

[LizBeth]

26. Every election, in a number of states they are called without the precaution.

[BKDem]

9. It looks to me people are wary of how MAGAt-Ameriocans may react.

They tend to get emotional, meaning ugly and violent.

[ooky]

10. Fuck the media, pop the corks.

As soon as there is a bigger lead than remaining votes in PA they will make it official.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. Maybe

Best not to add any fuel to the conspiracy fires he's trying to stoke.

[radius777]

12. No, ratings.

They and everyone else knows Biden will win PA, but will probably stretch it out for ratings.

Unlike with AZ, with PA the data is clear and consistent - the outstanding ballots are mail-ins and heavily blue, and once Joe passed Trump here he was never looking back. It's over.

[JI7]

16. But the thing is they are pretty much saying Biden will win

[radius777]

23. True, but the official call is the 'big moment'

and thus a rating bonanza. They'll probably wait for another set of results or two then call it during prime time.

[GulfCoast66]

14. No. Until the lead surpasses the outstanding ballots it should not be called.

[Johnny2X2X]

18. Then very few states would be called right now

Including Texas.

[LeftInTX]

31. Trump's lead is way over any outstanding ballots in Texas.

[Johnny2X2X]

35. No it isn't

650,000 vote lead and 1.8 million or so absentee ballots to count.

[Statistical]

20. Then half the states shouldn't have been called on election night.

Hell they called VA while Trump was still leading Biden because it wasn't by enough in the areas that reported (red) vs the areas that hadn't been reported (blue).

[GulfCoast66]

21. Right, but there is a very big difference when the margin is hundreds of thousands

Rather than single thousands.

[Statistical]

22. Once again VA was called when Trump was LEADING BIDEN by 80,000 votes.

The idea that you can't call a state until the margin is greater than the total votes remaining is not reflected in how ANY state has been called until these final four.

[Cha]

15. fox wasn't afraid when they called

AZ for Biden & I've read they have him at 270 on their site.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

32. FOX isn't afraid to claim the earth is flat and climate change is a myth.

Most news organizations want to be sure they're correct. FOX is not news, so they don't care.

[H2O Man]

27. Yes.

There is a hell of a lot going on beneath the surface.

[JI7]

33. This is what I think. We might learn more about it in the future

about the threats .

[tavernier]

29. I thought so last night around 9 PM.

I thought they might go for 2 AM thinking everybody’s asleep and that could be a safer time to avoid riots.

[ananda]

34. I suspect so.

Trump is that crazy, and so are the Trumpers.

[PTWB]

37. They're making money hand over fist.

Everyone is watching. They’ll call it soon enough but they have a significant financial incentive to drag it out.

Ultimately calling it doesn’t matter. We knew on Wednesday that Joe was going to win. Not sure why everyone was so stressed.