How does AP call elections? In a video posted on AP's Election website, David Scott, vice president and head of News Strategies and Operations for the AP, said the AP will not call a race unless ...

When does the AP call a race? In almost all cases, races can be called well before 100% of the votes have been counted. The AP’s team of election journalists and analysts will call a race as ...

When does the AP call a race? In almost all cases, races can be called well before 100% of the votes have been counted. The AP’s team of election journalists and analysts will call a race as ...

President Donald Trump is complaining about technical difficulties he experienced while trying to hold a conference call with ...

AP did not call the closely contested race in 2000 between George W. Bush and Al Gore — we stood behind our assessment that the margin in Florida made it too close to say who won.

The AP says its accuracy rate for the past several general elections surpasses 99.9 percent. It never made a call in the 2000 presidential race between Al Gore and George W. Bush, when Florida’s ...

The AP may also decide not to call a race if the margin between the top two candidates is less than 0.5 percentage points unless it determines that the margin is wide enough that it could not ...

Once the AP decision team is certain – and we must be certain – that the answer is no, we can call a race. The answers to that question are often quite complex and as varied as the many ways ...

How does AP call elections? In a video posted on AP's Election website, David Scott, vice president and head of News Strategies and Operations for the AP, said the AP will not call a race unless ...

The AP may also decide not to call a race if the margin between the top two candidates is less than 0.5 percentage points unless it determines that the margin is wide enough that it could not ...

Just like the AP, individual news outlets can call a race, too, but those are independent of the AP. When can we expect results from this year's election? That is still unknown.

The AP’s team of election journalists and analysts will call a race as soon as a clear winner can be determined. That may sound obvious, but it is the guiding principle that drives the ...