Still feeling burned from 2016 when the major news outlets and networks seemed caught wrong-footed by President Donald Trump’s upset, the major players in election night reporting have prepared with run-throughs, a shift to a seat-by-seat perspective and a dedication to not take anything for granted.
According to a Monday Politico report, different outlets are using different methodologies to prepare.
CNN has practiced 16 different scenarios of possible outcomes. The Washington Post and New York Times have studied up on individual races, refusing to be caught off-guard by upsets. ABC is “following the results,” staying away from pre-baked narratives. CBS is steering clear of national generic polls, like the ones in 2016 that showed Hillary Clinton comfortably ahead.
In an indication of the importance of this year’s midterms, ABC, NBC and CBS will show live results from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. — as opposed to the one hour of primetime the same networks devoted to 2014’s midterm results.
Today’s election is about one thing, and one thing only:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOcimzsviFAIf only they could learn from Bee!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ebWhDd1CwIPeople don’t understand statistics. 2016 was mostly about a single race - Trump vs Clinton. Today is about hundreds of races. Yes Clinton was projected to win, what, a 70% chance? That’s a 30% chance that she wouldn’t win. With hundreds of races, yes some results will go the way that’s predicted, some won’t. But it’s very unlikely that most of the predictions will be wrong.
Per Rachel Maddow, my county in Southern California is ground zero because of its four toss up congressional seats.
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