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If 1 candidate wins WI, OH, PA and FL, will the major networks call the race over before the polls on the West Coast even close? -- nm

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Nov 5 '12, 12:00

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Depends on how you define "call the race over." They'll strongly imply it, I think. -- nm - mara Nov 5, 12:27
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- Well it also wasn't possible until CA et al closed. (A couple eastern states like IN and NC weren't final for some time.) -- nm - Don Homer Nov 5, 12:22 1
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It'll be over even before those polls close! -- nm - Jim Cramer Nov 5, 12:10 2
- The election was decided weeks ago by the Illuminati -- nm - Crazy Tila Nov 5, 12:12
- before they open! -- nm - amanda Nov 5, 12:10
No, but if Obama wins FL, it is all over. Unless he also loses some other early states he is expected to win like PA. -- nm - GregW Nov 5, 12:07 12
- what's the likelihood of him winning FL though? -- nm - ceregon Nov 5, 12:14 11
  - Roughly 50/50 -- nm - Don Homer Nov 5, 12:15 10
    - if he's got those odds in FL the overall result is a given - ceregon Nov 5, 12:18
    - call me crazy but I think those grumpy old people will vote for Mitt in droves. - ThunderProfit Nov 5, 12:18 8
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      - RCP has it Mitt +1.8 -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 12:19 6
        
        that site is highly flawed and excludes a number of polls from its average. Not a fan. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 5, 12:21 3
        
        Is it biased? or just wrong? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 12:27 2
        
        Very biased. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 5, 12:29 1
        
        If you're correct, then Romney has no chance in hell of winning. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 12:32
        
        I know most of the polls have it within 2% but I just don't buy it. I have nothing to back this feeling up. -- nm - ThunderProfit Nov 5, 12:20 1
        
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i don't thinkthey can, it could effect other candidates/issues if voters decide screw it -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 12:05 1
- they certainly can, but doubtful they could, unless we were well into landslide territory. - znufrii Nov 5, 12:18
I read yesterday that the networks have committed to not call the race before 11pm ET (aka when West Coast Polls close) -- nm - ty97 Nov 5, 12:04
Yes. -- nm - Loyola Nov 5, 12:03
unlikely. I can't think of a scenario where Obama has 270 before any of the west coast states are declared. -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 12:03 6
- I can't either, unless you assume the non-battleground states go as predicted -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 12:04 1
  - it will possibly be evident to most viewers well before then, but they won't actually call it until the polls are closed. - znufrii Nov 5, 12:08
- (even in the best case scenario where he wins NC, he would have 269, and that's if every other state is called before the west coast polls close) -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 12:04 2
  - Actually the max (assuming no surprises) would be 263. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 5, 12:11 1
    - right. bad math. forgot which time zone NV was in... -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 12:13
- I can. -- nm - Jim Cramer Nov 5, 12:03
I dont see the race being decided till around 11 west coast time -- nm - eag Nov 5, 12:02
If the person gets to 270 EV's...yes. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 12:02
Not unless they have 270 clinched. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 5, 12:01
no -- nm - peglegpete Nov 5, 12:01

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