Guess what, if the AP calls enough states for one candidate to have 270 electors BEFORE...

[MohRokTah]

the West Coast polls close on November 8th, THE AP WILL CALL THE RACE AND ANNOUNCE A PRESIDENT ELECT!

They will not call a state before all polls close in that state, but they will call the race the moment a candidate has clearly reached 270 electoral votes regardless of who may or may not still be voting.

[Gomez163]

1. They called it for Bill Clinton at 9 PM in 1992 and 1996

[MohRokTah]

3. The polls were still open in nearly half the states in 1984,...

when they called it for Reagan.

[scscholar]

15. Well, it was kinda obvious in 1984

Can't blame them for that one, but the one yesterday was just tacky.

[Lord Magus]

16. No more obvious than yesterday's call was.

When a candidate has 2383+ delegates they have 2383+ delegates.

[bravenak]

2. But the electors don't vote until December

So we won't know who OFFICIALLY won until we discuss it to death. We should know the real real real real real winner by Jan 20, 2017. See you in January!!!! We're taking this fight to the inauguration!

[mercuryblues]

7. I'm dying here.

[bravenak]

10. I'm getting delirious. Don't mind me...

[Cali_Democrat]

11. hahaha!

[NCTraveler]

14. "We're taking this fight to the inauguration!"

The "Sane Progressive" is going to put out a scathing piece just after November and they will show up in January in droves to denounce Clinton.

[bravenak]

18. I think Cornel might crash this ball and try to take the whitehouse

[LiberalFighter]

17. That works for me.

[beachbumbob]

4. No use explaining facts to zealots...they will catch on or be left behind

[Nye Bevan]

5. Fine by me.

For those who don't want this information, it's like avoiding the result of a sporting event that you are planning to watch from a recording. You need to turn off the TV, don't go online on your phone, and avoid social media.

[MyNameGoesHere]

6. It happens and then people cry about it

Then they say, congrats madam President, isn't it Glorious!

[NurseJackie]

8. Sucks to be in Hawaii ... except of course, for the fact that they actually get to LIVE in Hawaii!

[msongs]

13. hawaii voting ends at 8pm CA time, 6 pm local nt

[reformist2]

9. AP should declare the winner of the GE, based on their special insider polls.

[HumanityExperiment]

12. 'secret win'...

so how goes that 'secret win'?

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-trailguide-clinton-money-email-uses-images-labeled-1465266744-htmlstory.html

[democrattotheend]

19. The difference is, the AP usually calls electoral votes based on people voting

Not people in power telling NBC's interns who call them who they plan to vote for a month and a half from now, oh but please keep it secret until tomorrow.

Does anyone remember a network or major news organization calling the winner of the primaries on a night where there were no primary results?

[MohRokTah]

20. Super Delegates are people and each has an open vote on the floor of the convention.

Of course the AP will take their commitments into account in the primaries, just like they have sincee Tad Devine invented Super Delegates in 1984.

Since then, the AP has NEVER refused to take Super Delegate commitments into account.

Sanders is the only sore loser to demand they don't!

[lumberjack_jeff]

21. On November 7th, will they do a phone poll of the SuperVoters?

"We called the CEO's of Microsoft, Amazon, Koch industries, Boeing and Comcast, the majority of them are supporting Trump, whom we are therefore declaring the winner"