CNN PROJECTION: Donald Trump will win Alaska https://t.co/FhzRTNfNOI #CNNElection pic.twitter.com/hHQyy3MM55— CNN (@CNN) November 11, 2020
Fox News bringing up the rear, still hasn't called it.
Posted on 11/11/2020 7:14:45 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Decision Desk projected President Trump and Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan as winners of their respective races in Alaska Thursday morning. Alaska carries three electoral votes.
With 72.42 - 83.33 percent of the votes in, President Trump was ahead 56.95 percent to Joe Biden's 39.11 percent.
Decision Desk HQ Projects Trump (R) Has Won The State Of AK And Its 3 Electoral Votes
Race Called At 11-11 8:22 AM EST
All Results: https://t.co/8VxbhWIELL— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) November 11, 2020
Sullivan, meanwhile, was ahead of opponent Al Gross 57.52 percent to 37.51 percent.
Decision Desk HQ Projects @DanSullivan_AK (R) Has Won Election To The Senate From The State Of AK
Race Called At 11-11 8:22 AM EST
All Results: https://t.co/8VxbhWIELL— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) November 11, 2020
Nailed it. https://t.co/FKbUgRdYN7— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) November 11, 2020
The projected results of the Alaska Senate race means Republicans have reached 50 seats in the upper chamber. The two Georgia Senate races are headed for a runoff in January.
“I want to congratulate my fellow Marine, Senator Dan Sullivan on his victory. Alaskans know Dan as a man who always puts service before self and who has championed the unique needs of his state in Washington," National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Sen. Todd Young said in a statement. "The state will be well served with another six years of his representation.”
50. https://t.co/f1pmzO7K4e— Josh Holmes (@HolmesJosh) November 11, 2020
Democrats lost all 3 races. https://t.co/6rhzfhDm5V— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) November 11, 2020
The long wait for results frustrated many but had to do with the "sprawling geography" of the state.
[T]he drawn-out count is, in fact, going according to plan, although that plan has been criticized by some state officials. Due to Alaska’s sprawling geography, officials count absentee ballots that arrive within 10 days of Election Day as long as they’re postmarked by then. If the ballots are coming from outside the U.S., they’re given 15 days to arrive as long as they have the appropriate postmark. [...] Because of the process used to ferret out duplicate voting, Alaska doesn’t begin counting mail-in ballots until well after Election Day... (Yahoo)
This is a breaking news post and will be updated with additional information.
Have all the votes been counted?
There are still a few outstanding absentee ballots coming in via dog sled.
But wait! In a few days and Eskimo will drop a few thousand ballots for Biden
RE: Have all the votes been counted?
Projections are not made based on 100% votes coming in but by trends and REALISTIC estimates.
In this sense, Fox News calling Arizona for Biden and not calling North Carolina for Trump is a travesty.
President Trump was projected to win Alaska by NBC News and CNN on Wednesday
https://nypost.com/2020/11/11/trump-wins-alaska-and-its-three-electoral-college-votes/
NBC and CNN, too. 12 minutes ago.
Trump was leading by 17 points, yet you couldn’t call Alaska sooner, but you could call Arizona on election night?
Lol...Trump by 17. Obviously too close for a cautious Fox to call to this point. Unlike that clear and convincing landslide in Arizona.
CNN PROJECTION: Donald Trump will win Alaska https://t.co/FhzRTNfNOI #CNNElection pic.twitter.com/hHQyy3MM55— CNN (@CNN) November 11, 2020
Fox News bringing up the rear, still hasn't called it.
Biden would only have needed 170% of the outsanding vote to make up his 16 point deficit... so it is easy to see why they needed to hold the call for a week or two. But it will probably take a few more days of hand wringing for the FOX decision desk to call AK for President Trump... Paul Ryan and Arnon Mishkin want to be fair and impartial.
What is “Decision Desk”?
#FoxNews is a joke. They won't even update the numbers to reflect #Alaska. #FoxNewsIsDead— OpLeD (@OpLeD24) November 11, 2020
So 17pts is the new margin of victory needed.
I’m old enough to remember when election day took place... on election day!
I’m betting that if Trump ends up winning Michigan, John James will win his senate seat as well.
They have to continue the charade of this not even being close. The major media is all in now, ALL OF IT, they can’t back down,
Agree. And what a good addition he would be!
The Ballot Fairy has been too busy delivering magic Biden votes to Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, so Fox-Pravda held out to the bitter end on Alaska.
Pallets of Ballots.
Since that happened in 2016, you don’t have to be very old at all!!!!
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