Exactly! The way the media “calls” the elections before all the polls are closed I think skews the results as well.
Hear, hear!!in 2000 there was exactly ONE state whose result in favor of Bush was reported more quickly than you would have expected, based on the closeness of the vote. In all other cases states were called for Gore far more rapidly than you would predict from the data for the delays of states called for Bush, the margin of victory being similar.
And, of course, the extreme case was Florida - called quickly for Gore when in fact it ultimately went for Bush.
It should be illegal to broadcast reports of the results of state elections before the official results are announced.