The Post is seeking to be as transparent as possible about what goes on behind the scenes in our newsroom on election night. Here’s how we decide when a race call is ready to be reported:
networks. Although The Post also looks to its independentto provide information about how the vote is trending as results are being tallied, it does not rely on the model to make race calls. It’s important to remember the official winner of any electoral contest is not determined until the state government certifies the vote — in many cases weeks after the election itself.
The Post relies on two organizations for vote data: the AP and Edison Research. Our results pages depend on constantly updated tallies from the AP, which has multiple ways of collecting information: reporters who visit and/or call counties or clerks’ offices, maintaining good communication lines with them, and who check county websites or other programmatic feeds.
Its standard for race calls is “certainty,” Scott said, meaning the AP will only call races when it doesn’t see any possibility the leading candidate can lose. The AP seeks to ensure it knows the location of all outstanding votes in a state or county to confirm there isn’t anywhere a trailing candidate might outperform or a trend can be reversed.
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