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I guess it's part of a bigger plan of destabilizing the trust in the results?
Apparently, it's up to news outlets to call who wins a state, it's not done officially. I think AP is the most trusted source, oddly followed by FOX
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Typically a candidate will concede before all the votes are in. Does that make sense?
That's why it was so significant that this time Biden said they'd wait for every vote to be counted. It is not the norm to want every single vote, because that would take forever and normally you don't need to.
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States need to be called because the formal declaration of the final result can happen days or weeks after the election, even when there's a clear winner.
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can someone please explain the significance of 'calling'? i understand what it is, but why is more than just looking like a dick because you celebrated early??
Because the official result for each State isn't made until December 14th which is when the electors in each State meet to vote. Even then their votes don't have to be in until January 6th.
Waiting until December 14th would be stupid, so the various media agencies call it early.
The individual candidates/parties "calling" anything is just distraction or grandstanding. It should be ignored.
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can someone please explain the significance of 'calling'? i understand what it is, but why is more than just looking like a dick because you celebrated early??