Originally posted by: Phoenix86
Originally posted by: jdini76
Originally posted by: Phoenix86
Originally posted by: jdini76
Originally posted by: Supa
CNN is "funny", even at this hour, they still won't concede Ohio to Bush (Showing 254 to 252) - when it is apparent that it's mathematical impossible for Kerry to win the state.
I thought here in the States, the network would be free of political influences. Other network did the same, but CNN is the worst.
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So by conceding the state to Bush is NOT a political influence? I think they are not influenced by politics by NOT conceding the state untill all votes are tallied.
Then why are they calling any state? Every state has provisional ballots that could take a week to count. That argument doesn't hold water...
Those provisional ballats form other states aren't expected to impact the outcome. Although it's unlikly, it is possible that Kerry could still win Ohio. I don't know why CNN is not following suit with other networks, I was just saying that it doesn't neccesarily have to be because of political influence.
I read that there are ~100k provisional ballots in Ohio, and the spread is >100K, meaning over 100% of all the provisional ballots have to go to Kerry.
I also heard that number as high as 300K provisional ballots, meaning it would have to be a 1/3-2/3 split to over take Bush's 100K lead, which also is VERY unlikely to happen.
Now your a moving target, first it was wait until all ballots are cast, now it's just if it's close. What about PA? It's just as close for Kerry, with about 100K in his favor. They called it a LONG time ago. BTW, CNN has finally put Ohio to Bush, after Kerry conceded... They were the LAST ones to figure it out.
It's ok to figure out a network leans one way or the other, last night all Fox was doing was calculating how many votes Bush needed, and how all the exit polls could be wrong about Kerry winning.