How KXAN projects election winners

AUSTIN (KXAN) — You've seen the networks project winners as election night results come in. KXAN does it, too, for local and state races, and it takes months of planning and preparation.While the major news outlets tend to use a combination of exit polling and vote counts, KXAN leans entirely on the math.
"We use formulas," said Christopher Adams, KXAN's digital data reporter. "Essentially, we look at how many people have voted in total, and we compare that, as the results start coming in,