When media declares a winner way too soon...

An example of when media might be declaring the winner a bit too soon...

The checkmark next to the candidates name is the perceived winner...

At this point in the evening a whopping 1% of the vote was in.

http://wgntv.trb.com/news/

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81 percent for Cook County 19 percent against

A screen shot from last night's election results.

http://wgntv.trb.com/news/

We don't know why 19% apparently voted against Cook County.

I didn't see a similar vote for Sangamon County.

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