Election Results

It's all over now and I'm sorry I didn't respond to this before all the polls had closed and the election had been called, but I wanted to weigh in and say I'm a bit confused as to what you mean here. Are you saying no states should be called until the polls have closed in every other state? I agree, they certainly shouldn't declare an overall winner before the polls even close on the west coast, if I remember correctly there was some controversy over that back in 1980 if I'm not mistaken and since then the networks have been very careful about projecting the winner of the election. However, many people who live on the east coast don't stay up late enough to wait until after 11:00 PM to even know how their own state voted because they have to get up early for work. Annie

I can appreciate your problem but, since I live in Florida, I'm very interested in the results in my state and I'm sure that there are a lot of other folks in other states who feel the same. I'm sorry but I don't agree that people on the east coast need to wait until midnight before knowing the results in their states.

I honestly don't think that the results should be announced until they are all in - so as not to influence the vote of those who vote later.

I agree. The media needs to stay out of annoucing a winner til all the states have voted and all the numbers have been posted. It does influence voting and they need to realize that and act responsibly. But then all they care about is being the "first" to annouce things, not about being responsible.

I agree 100%. You would think there would be a law against this sort of behavior. It really hurts both candidates by keeping would be voters home.

I agree also. It seems very unfair to those who live on the West Coast. However, since everyone thinks that the race is so tight this year, the media isn't going to be doing much declaration. In the future, I hope to morale remains high among those west coasters. They have the power to turn an election around. They should never say that their voice doesn't matter!

I agree with you, the media should step out and let the demorcratic procces run the way its supposed to. The media is always doing dumb things like that. Remember back to Herbut Hoover's election, the press had allready written and sold newspapers stating the other guy won!! And they were wrong!! I hope their wrong again.