To sway public opinion while the election is still happening. It’s literally only been one hour and 4 minutes ago that polls closed. They cannot possibly know yet. First they have to determine if Californians supported the recall. Only if they did will they even begin to tally who (of many replacement candidates) was elected to replace Newsom. This was not an election of Newsom running against another candidate. The other candidates ran against each other, but ONLY if the vote to recall Newsom went through.
To sway public opinion while the election is still happening. It’s literally only been one hour and 4 minutes ago that polls closed. They cannot possibly know yet. First they have to determine if Californians supported the recall. Only if they did will they even begin to tally who (of many replacement candidates) was elected to replace Newsom. This was not an election of Newsom running against another candidate. The other candidates ran against each other, but ONLY if the vote to recall Newsom went through.