I saw quite a bit of that too. Of course, all of the networks were not-calling states extremely early (hedging their bets by "Projecting" winners, reminding the watchers they weren't calling anything officially yet, but still making it clear who they thought was winning). I loved how Maine was "called" for Obama by CNN with 3 votes. Not 3%, but three grand total votes. I wish I had grabbed a picture of the TV image, it was hilarious. Obviously, however, the statistical likelihood of a McCain win in Maine was so low as to be practically impossible, so I know why they did it. As for New Mexico and other states that were called, I really wished I could have seen the statistics that the various media outlets were working off of, because otherwise I just don't know why they were calling early.
My understanding is that they predicted several states with 0% reporting. I heard Oklahoma turned red @ 7:01pm.
It did. Obviously, there were several states we knew would go Red or Blue, and all that the 24 hour snooze networks did was "call" them as soon as the polls closed. The issue I had was with "swingier" states, like New Mexico (even though it wasn't as "swingy" as say, Colorado, Virginia, PA, etc.)
It just a bunch of hoo haa if you ask me and they start way way too early trying to be the first one to call it. I personally spent the evening watching movies as to avoid all the craptastic returns. However, i did turn on CNN when I woke up in the middle of the night (I often do) to see who won so I was curious.
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