Can I directly use the API myself?
Comment on Is There A Source For Unbiased Election Results As They Happen?
11111one11111@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Not being a dick but how are the election result reporting not unbiased? They’re all using the exact same API so the numbers shouldn’t deviate as long as they’re all in sync. I’m sure as shit not tuning into a network news station so sorry for the ignorance.
naeap@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Neat. Thanks!
11111one11111@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Hate to burst everyone’s bubble but the api isn’t available without AP credentials.
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This is all I need, Thanks for not being a dick.
apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024/
11111one11111@lemmy.world 1 week ago
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Lol why wouldn’t they just show both years on this demographic? What’s the point of have the api for the live streaming data in the text but not in the graphic? To quote the retired NoSho league MVP Shoarsie, “Sodumb.”
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Good lord that was midleading for a second.
If you click a state, you can see the states individual results. In my case Ohio. So even though the counting hasn’t started, I could see Kamala Harris, and 3 independant nominees. It did NOT show trump.
I was thinking “wait, is he somehow disqualified from running in Ohio??? Is that why he’s been pissy about Ohio??? You’d think this would have been well talked about news!!!”
Nope. None of that. There’d just a push button expanding page. Why would you use an expanding page when there’s only 5 items on the list??? And if you ARE going to cut off one candidate in the expanding list, why not one of the three independants who may as well all be named “Why bother???”.
But then you expant the list, and trump is number 5 in the presidential race in Ohio…with all 5 sitting at 0%.
Of note, Kamala is #2.
EatATaco@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I read this and was like “10 bucks says it’s just alphabetical” and, lo and behold, it’s just alphabetical. How is that not the obvious answer?
They haven’t even started counting yet.
You need to take a fucking chill pill, my man.