2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: California Called for Clinton While 800,000-3,000,000 Ballots Remain Uncounted [View all]onenote
(42,700 posts)They reported that she was the presumptive nominee based on commitments from SDs who said that they unequivocally were voting for Clinton in July.
It's an argument that's been made before, and its still true: does the news media not report who is elected president on election night even though the electoral college votes needed to be elected aren't cast until a month later: the Monday following the second Wednesday of December. And even though electors can and occasionally do go "rogue" and vote for someone other than the candidate that won their state.
I haven't heard Sanders' supporters complaining when states he won were "called" even though all the votes weren't counted yet.
And I haven't heard the Sanders campaign speak up about the fact California was called.
Why do you think that is?