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I get this - just a bit confused by reluctance to call states where Biden appears to have no chance, while they were happy to call Arizona early. Coops may be right in that they are now regretting calling Arizona - and playing safer now
Too many comments to go through to see if this has been answered but the problem here is that if they call another state they have to call Biden as the winner. If they wanted to call another state and not declare Biden the winner, they have to retract the Arizona call. Rock/hard place situation
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Only Fox and the AP have that problem. No other networks have called AZ.
That leaves: ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Reuters, NYT and DecisionDeskHQ all free to call GA or NV.
(Reuters haven't even called Wisconsin.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/upshot/network-race-call-tracker.html
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It's not the blue states I'm talking about, more the Red ones. Why has Alaska / North Carolina not been called when it appears there is no way back for Biden here?
Also - generally what are Alaska doing? Do they bring the votes in by sled?
Greenbank
Scrabble
I get this - just a bit confused by reluctance to call states where Biden appears to have no chance, while they were happy to call Arizona early. Coops may be right in that they are now regretting calling Arizona - and playing safer now. Of all the states currently in play, I'd say AZ is almost the hardest to call, based on the data I can see - but maybe some people know stuff I'm not seeing reported.
Edit - Actually with Arizona - it looks like most of the outstanding ballots are Maricopa county / Pheonix - so perhaps they are sure of a decent chunk coming from them for Biden. Still looks close though. Very close.