CNN will not “declare” someone a winner because that declaration is up to election officials. CNN will make projections based on our best estimate of how CNN expects an election to turn out.

To project elections, CNN and its election experts use scientific statistical procedures to make estimates of the final vote count in each race.

Millions of Americans will be tuning in to CNN and other networks on election night as returns roll in. They’ll be waiting to see who wins, something CNN will determine with a series of projections.

View CNN’s Electoral College maps to explore the votes needed to win the US presidential election. For more information, visit cnn.com/election.

That is a projection by any normal definition of the word. Who is involved in making projections for CNN? AGIESTA: There are several layers of people involved in projections for CNN.

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