On saturday night Nov 9th Associated Press made a decisive call in Arizonaʼs high-stakes presidential race. Donald Trump secured victory over Kamala Harris after vote-updates from Maricopa County (and several other regions) increased his already substantial lead
The announcement came precisely at 9:21pm eastern-time when vote tallies showed Trump leading with 52.6% compared to Harrisʼs 46.4%; creating a significant gap of 185k votes between the front-runners. The remaining un-counted ballots — approximately 443‚000 in total — made it mathematically impossible for Harris to catch up: she would need an unrealistic 70% of whats left
The results from populous Maricopa County played a key-role in determining the races outcome; with each new batch of counted votes steadily widening the margin between both candidates. The counting process continued efficiently despite the large number of mail-in ballots that needed processing