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Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts) Tue Nov 4, 2014, 11:28 PM Nov 2014

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I can't believe there are already

people calling it for Walker without Milwaukee and Madison in. Good lord!

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I can't believe there are already (Original Post) Ed Suspicious Nov 2014 OP

If Madison and Milwaukee aren't in... Lifelong Protester Nov 2014 #1

No idea. Ed Suspicious Nov 2014 #2

Sratistics Travis_0004 Nov 2014 #5

Exit polls. Drunken Irishman Nov 2014 #3

This was done during the recall race as well… One of the voters was so mad she slapped the mayor midnight Nov 2014 #4

WUWM just called the 6th for Grothman CatholicEdHead Nov 2014 #6

TMJ says walker won, but Marc Pocan says they are waiting for numbers from Milwaukee and Madison. midnight Nov 2014 #7

Lifelong Protester

(8,421 posts)

1. If Madison and Milwaukee aren't in...

Reply to Ed Suspicious (Original post)

Tue Nov 4, 2014, 11:29 PM

Nov 2014

how the heck can they call it??

Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)

2. No idea.

Reply to Lifelong Protester (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 4, 2014, 11:30 PM

Nov 2014

Travis_0004

(5,417 posts)

5. Sratistics

Reply to Lifelong Protester (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 4, 2014, 11:34 PM

Nov 2014

They estimate how many votes will be cast, and what percent will go to each party, and if the expected result is larger than the margin of error, they call it.

They dont get them right all the time, but they do a pretty good job.

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

3. Exit polls.

Reply to Ed Suspicious (Original post)

Tue Nov 4, 2014, 11:31 PM

Nov 2014

And voting patterns.

midnight

(26,624 posts)

4. This was done during the recall race as well… One of the voters was so mad she slapped the mayor

Reply to Ed Suspicious (Original post)

Tue Nov 4, 2014, 11:33 PM

Nov 2014

and said that people were still voting.

CatholicEdHead

(9,740 posts)

6. WUWM just called the 6th for Grothman

Reply to Ed Suspicious (Original post)

Tue Nov 4, 2014, 11:42 PM

Nov 2014

but no surprise.

midnight

(26,624 posts)

7. TMJ says walker won, but Marc Pocan says they are waiting for numbers from Milwaukee and Madison.

Reply to Ed Suspicious (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 12:05 AM

Nov 2014

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