CNN, please work on your sample size

[giza]

Okay CNN, I know you're anxious to have the latest election stats on your site, but isn't a bit silly to call Maine for Obama when only *3* votes have been counted?



And now, back to your regularly scheduled election coverage.

Comments

[rikoshi.livejournal.com]

Well, to be fair, the population of Maine is only six people...

[camstone.livejournal.com]

Seven... one slipped back across the boarder when no one was looking!

(Just kidding, Mainers... I love Bah Habah.)

[simbab.livejournal.com]

Pffft. I'm going nowhere near the three major networks, CNN, MSNBC, the lot of 'em.

I'm sticking with Google News, the BBC, and this (http://fivethirtyeight.com/) awesome Web site.

[atara.livejournal.com]

Haha, I saw that too.

[furahi.livejournal.com]

Looks like Fox uses the same source

[sagejackal.livejournal.com]

I see they learned nothing from eight years ago. 9_9

[mapdark.livejournal.com]

Damn you're system is confusing ..

Not a battleground.

[coyoteden.livejournal.com]

MD was called for Obama when it was still 0 to 0

Aren't the "safe" states always preemptively called?

Re: Not a battleground.

[omnibahumut.livejournal.com]

Thats pretty much whats happening. I wish there was a little more consistency and a little more clarity when it came to projections/predictions, but thems the breaks.

[wolffit.livejournal.com]

How about calling New York with 0 votes counted?

[camstone.livejournal.com]

Well, does anyone actually "live" in New York?

Residents maybe... but live?

[omnibahumut.livejournal.com]

Hey now :(

Re: Not a battleground.

[camstone.livejournal.com]

*checks for pulse*
Okie... I stand corrected.
But you gotta admit, a lot of NY'ers look like undead...

(Not that the DC area looks any better.) ;)

Re: Not a battleground.

[omnibahumut.livejournal.com]

There's a reason I want out :P

[ex-purpleca.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and call California for Obama. ^_^

[stahi.livejournal.com]

S'not as bad as New Mexico.

Obama's the projected winner, even though he's losing 60% to 39%

[stahi.livejournal.com]

..Now it's 50-49, Obama in NM.

[neillparatzo.livejournal.com]

They're calling some states based on exit polls... better than nothing I guess.

[neillparatzo.livejournal.com]

Also if VA, NC and FL all go blue, this will be victoly.