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Re:Facebook's role in Capitol protest larger than previously... by briantakita on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @10:33PM (#25842308)
> How is a call after after voting has ended a "suppression tactic"?

The call was before voting had ended. Does it make sense to you now?

> The talking point you're probably looking for is "polls were skewed intentionally as a suppression tactic"

Given widespread distrust of pollsters, I'm not sure effective polls are at suppression. Biased polling are effective at propping up certain media narratives.

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Re:Facebook's role in Capitol protest larger than previously... by dragonwriter on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @10:54PM (#25842409)
> The call was before voting had ended

No, it wasn’t. AZ polls closed at 7pm local time, Fox’s call was ~11:20pm EDT, which is 20 minutes after any polling locations in the Navajo Nation (which uses daylight time) closed, and 80 minutes after those in the rest of the state closed.

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