It’s because of the small population. They can tell that there is no way for the other person to take over by a certain time if they have a certain percentage that have already voted.
For example: If you have 100 people voting and 70 people have turned theirs in with 3 of those going to the other side, there is no way the side with 3 votes can win.
Even if that were true, you are still implying they have the ability to count the vote apparently faster than any other state and analyze those votes to that degree.
More problematic, historic voter turnout in Oklahoma is some of the lowest in the country… So the number of people that have not voted, would be enough to flip the state in any direction. Using your simplified numbers, it would be like 100 registered voters, 35 of which voted one way, and 15 going the other. There are still 50 people that have not voted with polls open for 2-3 more hours, and deciding that’s good enough and calling it.
It’s because of the small population. They can tell that there is no way for the other person to take over by a certain time if they have a certain percentage that have already voted.
For example: If you have 100 people voting and 70 people have turned theirs in with 3 of those going to the other side, there is no way the side with 3 votes can win.
It’s not that small a population…I know 4 million isn’t a ton compared to several other states, but it’s not tiny either.
It works in larger populations too, they just go by counties and towns. The math is still the same.
Even if that were true, you are still implying they have the ability to count the vote apparently faster than any other state and analyze those votes to that degree.
More problematic, historic voter turnout in Oklahoma is some of the lowest in the country… So the number of people that have not voted, would be enough to flip the state in any direction. Using your simplified numbers, it would be like 100 registered voters, 35 of which voted one way, and 15 going the other. There are still 50 people that have not voted with polls open for 2-3 more hours, and deciding that’s good enough and calling it.