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Old 11-05-2008, 02:42 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by DrumNFeather View Post
Exit polls. It seems that they use some raw data from exit polls throughout the day to call a state.
Right. It's not exit polling alone, but it's heavily based on exit polling. And when exit polling shows one candidate winning to an extent that's a certain measure past (that is to say, wayyyy past) the margin of error, they'll call the state even with 0% of the precincts reporting.
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