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Close calls

Okay, it’s the night of the big election and the reports are pouring in.  And to generate excitement, networks are “calling” states for Obama and McCain.

Here’s MSNBC, calling South Carolina for McCain:

MSNBC calls South Carolina for McCain!

MSNBC calls South Carolina for McCain!

While I do realize that Obama has a snowball’s chance in Hell of winning South Carolina, isn’t it customary for the winner of an election to have more votes than the loser?

Here’s CNN calling Maine for Obama:

Maine goes to Obama!

Maine goes to Obama!

… with a grand total of three votes in!  I know that Maine is a pretty small state, but … three votes decides the election?  Obama by a 2:1 margin … literally.

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One Response to “Close calls”

  1. Kellie says:
    November 5, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    That’s not the only instance of “fuzzy math” I saw last night…

    Lindsey Graham had around 10K votes, while Conley (I think that was the opponent) had 12K. The race was called for Graham as the winner with only 1% of precincts reporting.

    I just don’t get math 🙂