The idea that this was "a close race", "too close to call", was a narrative pushed by the media to make it more artificially exciting to drive viewers. Pundits

The idea that this was "a close race", "too close to call", was a narrative pushed by the media to make it more artificially exciting to drive viewers. Pundits hate him for it because it shows how content-free, and ideological/ opinion-driven their arguments are rather than sound judgement based on available data.