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wbuchanan
9y

When the graphics team at the NY Times fails to test whether there are any votes reported before placing a win indicator next to Trump or Clinton

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    9y
    .united-states { content: '🇺🇸'; position: relative; } .united-states .election { content: '💩'; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; }
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    9y
    The data is from AP. This has happened before and it's because exit polls are overwhelmingly in favor of a certain candidate.

    #morecodelesssidebar
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    9y
    Which is fine but you can still add a single test on the % of precincts reporting being > 0 to avoid the cognitive dissonance created otherwise.
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