Jamie @booravenxer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Blame the media for "instant" election results. The official counting shouldn't stop until every vote is counted. It's just that on election night the media tabulates the probability of the winner. And then "calls it". Then the opposition concedes. It's fucked up and anti-democractic. 1151968468
hypertazdad.bsky.social @hypertazdad.bsky.social · 09/06/2026IMHO, the media should not be allowed to ‘predict’ a winner until the officials counting the votes declare!! 062
🩵💙🩵 Beth 🩵💙🩵 @bethtoja.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Has anybody ever conceded only to find out that they won when the final votes were counted? I think they only call a race when it is statistically impossible for the loser to win. 001
EZTempo @eztempo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026We can gauge the ill effect of unrealistic expectations raised by the media “call” by the poison coming from the Oval Office these days. Just ask Kristen Welker. 000
@wayneslaven.bsky.social @wayneslaven.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Duh. “The official counting shouldn’t stop until every vote is counted” is how elections work. 030
Tammy Wants to See The Epstein Files. All of them!📎 @savvycammom.bsky.social · 10/06/2026No, I blame Trump. He's the one who put it into people's heads that they should ever stop before they were done. 000
XavierCoogat @xavier-coogat.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The official count doesn’t end. The media makes projections. There have been times when the projection is rescinded. I totally agree though that no one should concede until the final tabulation. 000
jazzrat2000 AKA Bonsai anonymous @jazzrat2000.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I want a system where every vote is the same as every other vote. No electoral college. No Citizens United. No Republicans. 052
steeler24girl.bsky.social @steeler24girl.bsky.social · 09/06/2026We are a society that wants INSTANT gratification!!!!! Waiting is NOT an option😑 000
pceebee23 @pceebee23.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Florida in 2000 was a disgraceful failure of democracy but then MAGA don't actually accept democracy as legitmate 000
bshecks @bshecks.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Completely agree. However, I don't know why mail in votes that arrive early aren't tabulated and then totals released as soon as polls close. Some states and municipalities do this, but many don't. 010
Burgunfaust @burgunfaust.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Even if a candidate has conceded, if the final tally has them win, they win. 000
I'm That ANTIFA Holly @imthatholly.bsky.social · 09/06/2026The counting in CA won't stop because our Constitution demands evert vote be counted. It's dumbassery from people who don't understand, CA elections move left, when counted, because Republicans both a) voted more in person, and b) voted by mail earlier, because Trump told them who to vote for. 132
the_lion_of_anacostia 🦁 @digitalscorpyun.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I said it when people panicked over Chris Pratt and I’ll say it again: Americans watch too much TV. Media calls are not official results. Concessions are not certification. Democracy is the count, canvass, and law. The problem is people mistaking TV certainty for process 120
mamahen57.bsky.social @mamahen57.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Apparently the grand ole’ pedifilers didn’t get the memo! I remember clear back to the 60’s when we only had 3 channels them doing just that! Projecting! You would think the party of projecting would understand that🤔static.klipy.comElection2020: Votes Being CountedALT: Election2020: Votes Being Counted 000
Kaitensatsuma @kaitensatsuma.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Why am I blaming the media for something Politicians have normalized over decades by ceding early before all the votes were counted? 000
Hellum Dander @kellumdander.bsky.social · 09/06/2026That’s why they shouldn’t report the vote until all votes are counted and confirmed. 051
David Washburn @irvingszoo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026It's all about the media scramble to be first to call something. It's a pathetic rat race that's more about money than about the nation. Our media sucks thanks to the big money clowns getting their hands on it. 010
Terry Trueman @ttrueman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I don't like it either, but I'm as guilty as anybody in caring so deeply that I'm desperate for good news, asap. 010
prusakramsey.bsky.social @prusakramsey.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I agree. I don’t care what tv stations guess about who’s going to win. I can wait just fine to find out until they’ve counted all the votes. 010
beverlyangel.bsky.social @beverlyangel.bsky.social · 09/06/20261/ I 100% agree. I'm over 70 and have been saying ever since I could first vote that "election day" should be a 24 hour period that begins simultaneously across the entire US and ends simultaneously 24 hours later with polls open at all locations for the entire period AND 110
PMG @pmginmyhead.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I’ll see ‘only 25% of the ballots are in but we’re calling it for…’. 131
nativeson13.bsky.social @nativeson13.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Press every individual running against the authoritarian regime to not concede till it’s over 000
Ken Auer @kenauer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026This is what the 24 hrs news cycle has brought us. Careful, accurate counting vs speed should be celebrated. Speed doesn’t equal accuracy unless you want to hide something. 060
Old School Liberal 🇺🇸 🇸🇪 Its time to obliterate the Epstein Class. @vanlighet.bsky.social · 09/06/2026We should go back to the days when every vote was on paper and that paper was counted by humans. Yes, humans can try to cheat but they aren’t alone & will likely be caught & it’s the electronic cheating that has vast potential to change an outcome. 140
ireadivote @ireadivote.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Do you remember when the East Coast broadcasters called it a loss for Carter and the West Coast voters just went home and didn't vote. Fucked up and anti-democratic. 181
HabanaJazz @habanajazz.bsky.social · 09/06/2026"It's fucked up and anti-democractic." Naw, that's not the problem. This is... 020
Jeffrey49🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇺🇦🇨🇦 @jeffrey49.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Here in British Columbia, CANADA, we make it as simple, easy as possible to vote. You can register election day. You can vote at an assigned polling station or any other polling station anywhere in BC. You can also mail in your ballot. Results come out two weeks later, usually. Not a problem. 000
Papaya Fools He/Him/Sarge/Goalie @papayafools.bsky.social · 09/06/2026And Election Day should be a holiday. Requiring all businesses to close no exceptions except truly essential. Special accommodations for necessary services to allow them proper time and access as well. Perhaps polling at work locations just for them. 030
Tiffany-GreenEyes @tiffany-greeneyes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I agree. If we made elections publicly funded, it would weed out the lobbying money that corrupts elections, and would cut down on the need to cover elections like a horse race in the news because big corporations that own media companies wouldn’t have as much money or corruption on the line. 000
legaljustice.bsky.social @legaljustice.bsky.social · 10/06/2026and....just look who is trying to control all the media.... 000
Eileen @eileenmont.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I agree! Making it feel like a horse race is exciting and it is a race, but shouldn’t presented as if for a fevered audience clenching bet slips. In CA it takes awhile and we are ok with that. We don’t disenfranchise voters, we check and double check. We get it right. 000
Krasnov @krasnov47.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Australia has a complex ballot that can take up to a fortnight to count. Can’t say I ever heard anyone say it’s a problem, because that means you will probably get someone you voted for. 000
Sandra Morton @sanmorts.bsky.social · 10/06/2026There is a reason that the winners are not sworn in until January….it’s to allow all the states to count and certify the votes. All this Trump rigging is pure bullshit! 000
The Food & Wine Diva @thefoodandwinediva.bsky.social · 09/06/2026The whole process, from the undemocratic and unrepresentative Electoral College to the media’s control over the declaration process, is unlike that of any other democracy. 191
~̷j̷3̷N̷x̷_̷.̷•̷·̷*̷ @j3nx.com · 10/06/2026from what i understand, locally, they don't even bother with the absentee ballots unless the in person voter results are "too close to call" 000
buddhasister.bsky.social @buddhasister.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I blame the media for this mess. Instead of reporting the truth, we get a bunch of mixed up bullshit because they are afraid of losing their job. If they can’t do their job, which is report the truth, then they shouldn’t be in that position wasting everybody’s time. They should be in Walmart. 020
dpbsmith.bsky.social @dpbsmith.bsky.social · 09/06/2026It IS extremely weird that we stay glued to the screens watching, not the event, which has already occurred, but the gradually unfolding discovery of the event. 100
dpbsmith.bsky.social @dpbsmith.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I don't think I was watching in 1952 the night Univac predicted Eisenhower's victory, but I'm pretty sure I was in 1956 the night it did it again. I don't remember when it was when the networks agreed not to broadcast any predictions of outcomes before California's polls closed. 000
Just G @just-1-g.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The world would be a different place now if the votes in Florida were all counted and Gore became president. 000
Buck Fillionaires @buck-fillionaires.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Green Day was right. American’t is the “idiot nation controlled by the media”. 000
alanroselius5.bsky.social @alanroselius5.bsky.social · 09/06/2026You hit a home run as to what is really happening! 000
NeubodyWhoMatters @nobodyneu.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Yeah it was obvious Kamala was just going through the motions and didn't actually give a fuck about winning, she was out the door kicking rocks before the first fucking night was over. 000
Transitional Fossil @transitfossil.bsky.social · 09/06/2026time to make it illegal to "call it". another example of news media doing harm by eroding trust in the truth. 010
Budd @buddsd.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Let's stop pretending the MSM is our friend or is trying to protect our Republic. They are not. They are corporate owned fascists. 030
crmawa.bsky.social @crmawa.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I love watching election results. I learn a lot. County for county, state for state, etc. 000
serenejean.bsky.social @serenejean.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I agree. Only actual results should be reported; not projected winners! 030
daverandall101.bsky.social @daverandall101.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Since the dawn of Vote Profile Analysis in the 1964 election, we gotten used to near immediate calls (at least until Florida 2000, and even then, they got it RIGHT, initially). CBS made a glaringly incorrect call for Tom Bradley in the 1982 Ca. Gov race. But you are correct. Count the votes, first. 000
JimBird@bsky.social @jimlareau.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Umm that’s not what happens.Ever hear of recounts? 100
Crystal Odenkirk - Art & Design @crysodenkirk.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I understand the state releases partial counts for transparency but I wish they wouldn't release anything but the percentage counted until all of them are counted. Especially in California where most of us vote by mail or drop off. Exit polls are useless here. 131
Rev. Pop🦋 @cullavagga.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I put your saying here is that the electoral college should be at least partially abolished and we should count the popular vote. 000
two12green.bsky.social @two12green.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Gore v Bush is why I left Florida. 1) they STILL haven't changed their voting system since 2) Gore won. 010
Peasant with questions @don-vochazer1.bsky.social · 09/06/2026It's taken how long for the files to be released? And that is by an order of law signed by the felon. 010
kansasgirlforever.bsky.social @kansasgirlforever.bsky.social · 09/06/2026They shouldn’t release any results until everything is counted and validated. So it takes a couple of days. So what? 0103
nichrome77.bsky.social @nichrome77.bsky.social · 09/06/2026The only people in my universe who expect everything to be done for them, how instantaneously are children. 000
morgil99.bsky.social @morgil99.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I agree, and it can influence an outcome in a close race. I think results should remain sealed until Jan 6th, and if they really want media circus ratings, they can make it a big televised event 031
Shaggy Rodgers @themysteryinc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026#GriftersGonnaGrift #NazisGonnaNazi #CriminalsGonnaCrime #TerroristsGonnaTerrorize #PedophilesGonnaPedophile #MisogynistsGonnaHateWomen #HypocritesGonnaHypocrite #HomophobesGonnaHateThemselves #MoronsGonnaBeStupid #LiarsGonnaLie They're all 10 000
Emperor Dan @emperor-dan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026They still count the votes. However, at some point you can do the math and tell there aeen’t enough uncounted votes to change the outcome. Fortunately, they no longer report results until the polls are closed. 000
3dlanyard.bsky.social @3dlanyard.bsky.social · 09/06/2026This is some of the bullshit we’ll be straightening out after Trump is gone. 110
Hiyo (this is an ANTI-ICE account!!) Fuck ICE @slowmovingturtle.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Why isn't the media saying that ALL 50 STATES continue to count ballots after election day until all the ballots are counted. 000
Jamie @booravenxer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026This is also why idiot American MAGA kept shouting, "Stop the count!" when that orange motherfucker was ahead by a few votes. Bitches, that is not how that shit works. I am still angry at the 2000 election being decided by SCOTUS. Votes aren't certified until weeks later. 3656
SDDPHOTO @sddphoto.bsky.social · 09/06/2026California has a huge population – let them do it their way dammit 010
Matt Jones @yosemitesamurai.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Just make it illegal for polling places (or poll workers) to report results until all of the results are ready. The media can't be counted on to do what's good for democracy, so we have to stop it at the source. Apologies to Steve Kornacki... 010
Barb 🌵🇺🇦🌊 @figment2.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Truman vs Dewey comes to mind!🤣🤣 Or 1980 presidential call when West Coast was still counting.🤬 000
lheurebleue1800.bsky.social @lheurebleue1800.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Oops. The "Chicago Daily Tribune" printed the headline "Dewey Defeats Truman" ahead of the final results of the 1948 presidential election. Then they had to reprint Truman won. Media is still out to grab a headline, $, ratings, etc. 010
Llaren @llarson01.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Didn't trump insist that ONLY the votes countrd on election fay were valid? 🤪 We've been forced to tolerate some crazy sh!t in the past 1.5 years. 🤬 000
lm100.bsky.social @lm100.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I remember when TV was so proud and smug about having computer-generated predictions. 000
evergreenrailfan.bsky.social @evergreenrailfan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026They think the UK gets it done by a hand count everyone should be able to do it. They do the count district by district, with 650 of them. Although having the cameras at each declaration is relatively new. 000
Leefeller @leefeller.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I heard, Los Angles has more people then 41 states, so of course it takes longer to count votes, in California? 000
Martin Mühl @martinmuehl.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Hard to believe, but it is very possible that the news media is a net negative for society. 110
Internet cat with opinions… @im-just-sayin.bsky.social · 09/06/2026You just know Bari Weiss is salivating over the chance to force an election call and tip the outcome. 010
Resistance is persistence! @chuckspaeth.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Don't blame the media for the lying Republicans. They lie about the elections all the time. Unless of course they win. 000
SparkyLanders @sparkyl.bsky.social · 09/06/2026They have turned elections from being serious and necessary decisions into a sort of sports clown show. All the polling, speculating, and other things just feed their constant bullshit output. Endless campaigning has ruined a lot of things. You'll get the count once everything's counted. 063
Everlast2 @everlast2.bsky.social · 09/06/2026youtu.be/XslQlA4xGWE?...youtu.beGuess How Much He's Made?!YouTube video by PoliticsGirl 000
Rising Sun🌤️NorCalman🧑🏼💻🗳️🔵 @risingsonncalman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I feel more &more our state’s way of life is being threatened. We live in a heavily red county as we’re caring for an elderly parent. I don’t see the red 60% screaming about the election but we do see multiple groups training at our nearby park in the evening. Lotta of males & trucks. It’s a warning 000
Ice Machine @neartheelevators.com · 09/06/2026It’s not fucked up if you believe in expertise and math. Those calls are overwhelmingly correct. Country is just full of conspiracy brained idiots. 170
prairiehouse.bsky.social @prairiehouse.bsky.social · 09/06/2026If you lie to law enforcement or a court, you'd likely go to jail. If you lie to the electorate about your policies, it's laughed off as being par for the course. There's nothing more anti-democratic than not having the informed consent of the governed. Yet no one requires much since 1776 or so. 010
Aspen Junge @aspenjunge.bsky.social · 09/06/2026In Kansas, vote counts aren't official until the canvas, 10 days after the election. That's when they count provisional votes, mail in votes, run audits, etc. 000
Jane Doe @lesbionic19.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I’d love to participate in a brainstorming session on how to fix this. Can’t really ban media from reporting on public information, but we do have to protect the integrity of our elections. 000
alsopharmb.bsky.social @alsopharmb.bsky.social · 10/06/2026This should have ended after 2000 when Gore was robbed of the presidency. 000
garyselva.bsky.social @garyselva.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Let's ask them if Al Gore should have been president then. 000
Mena Casement @menacasement.bsky.social · 09/06/2026What is anti-democratic is the electoral college, first past the post, primaries, gerrymandering, the list goes on and on. 010
Bob Warth ❌👑 🫘 @bobwarth22.bsky.social · 09/06/2026It must suck to be deployed overseas and know the results were called before your vote as counted. 010
Idle Acres @mountainmusings.bsky.social · 09/06/2026It pisses me off to see people standing in line for hours trying to vote. That's intentional. You don't see that at rural polling places. 3164
@JBFletcher2024.bsky. @jbfletcher2024.bsky.social · 09/06/2026You’re right. Because we can’t wait. I’m as guilty as any of them. 010
jack-00.bsky.social @jack-00.bsky.social · 09/06/2026You make a great point. And the process makes the election seem like a sporting event. 020
Mac n Cheese @jamson4.bsky.social · 09/06/2026If it takes many days to count, then so be it. We want accurate results. 051
NannyGoat7-11 @nannygoat7-11.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I never knew a bout that! That is outrageous! 000
ruthkub.bsky.social @ruthkub.bsky.social · 10/06/2026We should also be counting the early/absentee/mail in ballots as they come in, not after the Election Day count is finished. Doing it that way would be less stressful on election workers too, because the work would be more spread out with less urgency to get it done quickly. 010
stew-chambliss.bsky.social @stew-chambliss.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I hate to blame this on the media. The media has always called winners during tabulation. They used to even make calls based on exit polling. Once you have the votes to mathematically ascertain a winner, it's on us if we are too stupid to understand arithmetic. 000
Beautiful Songs🗽 @beautifulsongs.xyz · 10/06/2026Any media projects instant election results is fraud and needs to be investigated and prosecuted. 000
littleadv.bsky.social @littleadv.bsky.social · 10/06/2026en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_D...en.wikipedia.orgDewey Defeats Truman - Wikipedia 000
RoseCrystalAngel 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @rosecrystalangel.bsky.social · 09/06/2026👏👏👏 And orange Convicted Felon POS started lying about rigged elections when his DA show Apprentice didnt win any awards! 000
Carpe Derpum @carpederpum.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I think the solten election narrative is about party insiders protecting their positions. If they didn't "really" lose, then there's no need for introspection, new strategies, new vision, *new leaders*, etc. 011