AP has declared winners in elections for nearly 180 years. This is why and how race calls are made
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FILE - People walk past a "vote" sign on the first day of early voting in the general election in Miami, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)FILE - People vote, Nov. 5, 2024, in Oak Creek, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)FILE - An Associated Press staffer reads copy from the election tabulator, Nov. 1936. (AP Photo, File)FILE - Reports on the results of the nation's voting pour into Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 1938, over Associated Press wire. There, the results from the states were consolidated into one comprehensive report by a staff of writers and tabulators shown working. Stories were constantly updated throughout the night. In background hunched over a writer is Milo Thompson, Washington chief of bureau, who directed the operation. (AP Photo, File)FILE - Tabulators record the Associated Press election returns in the offices of IBM in New York City on Election Day, Nov. 3, 1942. The returns are received on the teletype machines (background) and recorded with the aid of the numeric punching and printing machines in the foreground. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)
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FILE - People walk past a "vote" sign on the first day of early voting in the general election in Miami, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)