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'Wait and see' is an unsatisfying – but accurate – way to present election results

  • Written by John M. Murphy, Professor of Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
'Wait and see' is an unsatisfying – but accurate – way to present election resultsIt's hard to be patient. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

Telling kids on Christmas Eve that they have to be patient to find out what gifts they might receive doesn’t make them happy. The same idea didn’t make many adults happy on election night 2020, either. For 100 years, media of many kinds tried to be the first with the most results.

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