KOMPAS.com – The count of votes in the presidential election of the United States (US) continues to roll, but why every media projecting different numbers?
The American president is elected by winning at least 270 electoral vote ( suara electoral) not from the general election.
Since there is no centralized federal electoral system, it is a tradition in the US that a decision desk in media organizations is able to claim that states are won by one candidate or another when enough votes are counted.
Therefore, Decision Desk HQ on Friday (6/11/2020) at 9:30 am Eastern time the US announced the victory of Joe Biden from the Democratic Party with 273 votes out of a minimum 270 points electoral vote.
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In fact, if examined in other media such as the BBC, CNN, Biden’s number has not yet reached 270 electoral votes.
BBC at this time, at 10:16 WIB for example, show numbers Biden acquisition for electoral vote as many as 253 and Donald Trump from the Republican Party 214.
Meanwhile according to The Guardian, at the same time, Biden’s number was 264 and Trump’s 214.
The Guardian is known to use data collected and analyzed by news agencies Associated Press (AP).
Is it only the media that have credibility in the data on electoral votes? Certainly not.
Apart from these media, there are also other ‘decision desks’ that have a high or credible reputation in the media. media AS such as NBC, USA Today, Fox News and others.
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