How AP uses expected vote instead of ‘precincts reporting’ when determining a winner
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s usually possible to determine who won an election before the vote counting is 100% complete. But doing ...
Why and how AP counts the vote for thousands of US elections
The big effort begins once polls close, when approximately 4,000 AP vote count reporters fan out across voting precincts and ...
Gulf Coast beach towns reel from back-to-back hurricanes but promise a ‘comeback’
Residents and visitors mourned the damage in some of Florida’s most-popular beach spots after Hurricanes Helene and Milton ...
News media don’t run elections. Why do they call the winners?
State and local governments do run and administer American elections, including the race for president. They are responsible ...