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Careful_Square1742 t1_ivmjrtu wrote

Welch was the winner of this election the minute Leahy announced his retirement. anyone who thought VT would send a republican to Washington in this political climate needs their head examined

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Whole-Structure11 t1_ivobt5f wrote

Governor ?

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Careful_Square1742 t1_ivoc5wq wrote

does the governor work in washington?

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Vermonter_Here t1_ivmjae1 wrote

For the same reason that every media outlet has always called every similar race the moment that polls close: the polling errors in the days/weeks leading up to the election would have to be orders of magnitude beyond anything reasonable in order for the prediction to be wrong.

The result is that if they don't call the race, someone else will, and they have a strong capitalist incentive to be among the first to accurately call the race.

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jsled t1_ivmktbv wrote

> NYT isn’t even waiting for results to come in before calling our senate race.

You understand they're entirely and wholly justified in doing this, though, right?

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elliotloudermilk OP t1_ivml6gf wrote

I totally do - as someone else mentioned it was mere formality as soon as he announced his run. I just don’t recall ever seeing a call at 0%

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HavenAWilliams t1_ivo71t9 wrote

No it’s actually very common practice for heavy, heavy favorites from the AP.

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Stockmom42 t1_ivnnxdw wrote

Yeah but I would be surprised if I'm not the only one who didn't even know who Malloy was until his signs showed up everywhere Monday. Totally not surprised it was an early call.

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Mbaya_Yangu t1_ivnc3gz wrote

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thisoneisnotasbad t1_ivo367t wrote

The SOS site called it with like 3% of the vote in.

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numetalbeatsjazz t1_ivp3hg9 wrote

I remember in 2016 Hillary was called like 5 minutes after the polls closed.

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thunder-cricket t1_ivpecdu wrote

That's fucked up. I love it. But it's fucked up.

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Jeddy803 t1_ivnaqqa wrote

Such a fucking joke VT

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Detritus_AMCW t1_ivnd8q1 wrote

How so? Vermonters actually seem to pay attention to the candidate and not strictly the party. There is a reason it is one of the states that splits the ticket in governor and senator parties.

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imhennessy t1_ivne8yl wrote

I'm not sure we really pay that much attention to the candidate, though. Look a little farther down the ballot and statewide positions were won by Democrats with shockingly similar margins. I think we're swayed by name recognition/incumbency first and party second. Policy positions are a distant third.

I say this as someone who seems to have voted for the winning candidates is every race this cycle, except for Governor.

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Caymonki t1_ivnfnm3 wrote

In between commenting the same vague nonsense twice, I like the porn comment.. stopped to choke the chicken did ya?

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