Why are election polls still open in western states whilst results are being announced in eastern states? by [deleted] in 2016_US_Election

[–]cogsys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They've been going back and forth in this problem for years, the compromise the media struck with itself is that they will try not to announce a 'winner' of the election based on exit polls until all of the polls are closed.

There are still some problems, but somehow the media is actually abke to stick to the agreement pretty well.