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G. Elliott Morris
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Folks, it's over. We have enough returns to project that both Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff will win their Senate runoffs in Georgia, giving Democrats control of the US Senate.
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cally
Jan 2021
OP
What are your points of reference? And why haven't the networks made the call yet? n/t
Eyeball_Kid
Jan 2021
#5
There is 0 chance they'd call the races for the Dems when they're behind ...
mr_lebowski
Jan 2021
#8
G. Elliot Morris is a data journalist for the Economist who worked for Pew for a short time.
NoMoreRepugs
Jan 2021
#11
hlthe2b
(102,376 posts)1. who is this person?
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)4. From Google
He is The Economist Data Journalist. That sounds like somebody who should know.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)12. He is a highly skilled republican vote counter who set up an elections
tracking company. His company was among the first to call Arizona for Biden. I dont think that he is a republican anymore, maybe an Independent now.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)2. WOOT!!!!!
mtnsnake
(22,236 posts)3. Please say it's so!!
Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)5. What are your points of reference? And why haven't the networks made the call yet? n/t
babylonsister
(171,092 posts)6. Because G. Elliott Morris
could be wrong. The networks don't want to make any mistakes.
KayF
(1,345 posts)10. i've never known G. Elliott Morris to be wrong
but I've never heard of him until now.
babylonsister
(171,092 posts)16. Me neither!
I'm sure he's legit, but no harm in waiting.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)13. He was close to the first to call Arizona for Biden. He is pretty good. nt
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)8. There is 0 chance they'd call the races for the Dems when they're behind ...
That does not happen.
calguy
(5,326 posts)9. The networks aren't going to call anything until it's 100% certaih
Individuals can make early calls because they have little to lose if they're wrong.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,463 posts)11. G. Elliot Morris is a data journalist for the Economist who worked for Pew for a short time.
a kennedy
(29,709 posts)14. Ya mean turtle man will be THE MINORITY LEADER???