Huckabee's on TV giving his "we win!" speech. In the tight focus shot, two people are visible over his shoulders. His wife, naturally, and...well-known supporter Chuck Norris. Heh.
The joys of statistics, really. They've got loads of historical data to tell them how likely it is for late returns to skew strangely, plus they can compare entrance polling from the not-yet-in places to how similar entrance results yielded final numbers.
It helps that both Obama and Huckabee pulled large enough margins that there was little danger of late precincts changing things much. They probably could've confidently projected a winner on only 5%, but wanted to avoid egg on their face so waited a bit.
Wow...Meanwhile, if I so much as LOOK at a lottery ticket, the numbers magically change themselves to be wrong. One of many reasons I don't gamble. It's just not fair...
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It helps that both Obama and Huckabee pulled large enough margins that there was little danger of late precincts changing things much. They probably could've confidently projected a winner on only 5%, but wanted to avoid egg on their face so waited a bit.
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