Just Jack Posted November 8, 2006 Posted November 8, 2006 I wish they'd wait till there were more votes counted, here's two results from a local webpage.... United States Senate -- 87 of 16,278 precincts reporting (1%) John Spencer [(R)] 3,078 15% Hillary Clinton [(D)] 16,476 82% (X) Howie Hawkins [(G)] 332 2% Jeffrey T. Russell [(L)] 124 1% Roger Calero [(SWP)] 42 0% William Van Auken [(SEP)] 13 0% New York Governor -- 48 of 16,278 precincts reporting (0%) John Faso [(R)] 1,854 17% Eliot Spitzer [(D)] 9,014 81% (X) Malachy McCourt [(G)] 152 1% John Clifton [(L)] 42 0% Jimmy McMillan [(O)] 38 0% Maura DeLuca [(SWP)] 9 0% (On the webpage I'm looking at, the (X) is listed as being the winner of the race) 1% and 0% reported, and they're already declaring a winner? Re-dick-u-lous.
justnzane Posted November 8, 2006 Posted November 8, 2006 yea it can blow up in their faces, but those two races were safe assumptions
RuntheDamnBall Posted November 8, 2006 Posted November 8, 2006 I wish they'd wait till there were more votes counted, here's two results from a local webpage.... United States Senate -- 87 of 16,278 precincts reporting (1%) John Spencer [(R)] 3,078 15% Hillary Clinton [(D)] 16,476 82% (X) Howie Hawkins [(G)] 332 2% Jeffrey T. Russell [(L)] 124 1% Roger Calero [(SWP)] 42 0% William Van Auken [(SEP)] 13 0% New York Governor -- 48 of 16,278 precincts reporting (0%) John Faso [(R)] 1,854 17% Eliot Spitzer [(D)] 9,014 81% (X) Malachy McCourt [(G)] 152 1% John Clifton [(L)] 42 0% Jimmy McMillan [(O)] 38 0% Maura DeLuca [(SWP)] 9 0% 1% and 0% reported, and they're already declaring a winner? Re-dick-u-lous. 828956[/snapback] Obviously they are going by exit polling and they feel they're confident the results are over the margin of error. They're not just basing it on the 1% of precincts reporting.
Just Jack Posted November 8, 2006 Author Posted November 8, 2006 But there are other races, with anywhere from 10% to 30% reported, that they have not declared a winner.
RuntheDamnBall Posted November 8, 2006 Posted November 8, 2006 But there are other races, with anywhere from 10% to 30% reported, that they have not declared a winner. 828962[/snapback] Easy, not enough exit polling data, or the data they have is within the margin of error and thus they can't call the races. Now, if you want to say that the exit polling data is not as conclusive as advertised, that might indeed be true, and it'd definitely be a better argument. Just saying.
Chilly Posted November 8, 2006 Posted November 8, 2006 Uh, its easy to call races with that small. It depends on exit polling data, which precincts are reporting, and a number of other things.
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