Decision Desk HQ

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Decision Desk HQ
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Type of site
Election results
Available inEnglish
Created byBrandon Finnigan
URLdecisiondeskhq.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationNo
Current statusOnline

Decision Desk HQ is an American website that focuses on reporting election results in the United States. The company's president is Drew McCoy.[1] Decision Desk HQ uses an application programming interface (API) to get election results at the same time as they are published on websites provided by election officials.[2]

History[]

Decision Desk HQ, originally named Ace of Spades Decision Desk, was founded in 2012 by Brandon Finnigan as an alternative to what he deemed "slow" election calls by the Associated Press.[3] It has called major races since the 2012 United States elections, and it first became known for calling the upset defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor during his reelection bid to Virginia's 7th congressional district in 2014.[4]

Role in the 2020 presidential election[]

In 2020, Decision Desk HQ was considered one of nine "official sources" for election results by Twitter[5] and provided election results to The Economist, BuzzFeed, Vox and Business Insider.[1]

Decision Desk HQ was the first major election reporting organization to call the 2020 United States presidential election for Joe Biden.[1] It made this call after projecting that Biden's lead in outstanding mail-in ballots from Pennsylvania left incumbent Donald Trump with no realistic path to win Pennsylvania and its 20 electoral votes. McCoy told Vox that the great majority of mail-in ballots from Pennsylvania were from heavily Democratic areas around Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. According to McCoy, Biden was winning the mail-in vote in those areas by a margin large enough to make his lead in the state insurmountable. By Decision Desk HQ's accounting, adding Pennsylvania to Biden's total gave Biden 273 electoral votes, three over the threshold to make him president-elect.[6]

Decision Desk HQ News[]

In 2021, Decision Desk HQ announced the creation of Decision Desk HQ News [7] and the subsequent acquisition of its first site: Elections Daily. The new undertakings are designed to expand Decision Desk HQ's local news and international elections coverage. [8]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Nover, Scott (November 6, 2020). "Meet Decision Desk, the First to Call the Election for Joe Biden". AdWeek. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  2. ^ Steiger, Kay (March 3, 2020). "How Vox calls elections, explained". Vox. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Smith, Ben (September 25, 2014). "A Right-Wing Truck Dispatcher Is America's Fairest New Election Night Vote Counter". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  4. ^ Lahut, Jake (November 6, 2020). "Why Decision Desk HQ and Insider called the election for Joe Biden". Business Insider. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  5. ^ Gadde, Vijaya; Beykpour, Kayvon (October 9, 2020). "Additional steps we're taking ahead of the 2020 US Election". Twitter. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  6. ^ Prokop, Andrew (November 6, 2020). "Why Decision Desk called Pennsylvania, and the presidential race, for Joe Biden". Vox. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  7. ^ "Decision Desk HQ Announces Formation Of Decision Desk HQ News And Acquisition Of Elections-Daily.com". November 1, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  8. ^ "Decision Desk HQ Announces Formation Of Decision Desk HQ News And Acquisition Of Elections-Daily.com". November 1, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2021.

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