Concluded Trump could not catch up: Associated Press responds on Arizona decision

By Nikhila Natarajan New York, Nov 6 : The Associated Press decision to call Arizona’s 11 electoral votes for Joe Biden came after the news wire “concluded President Donald Trump could not catch up” based on the remaining ballots, AP Executive Editor Sally Buzbee told IANS.
Buzbee emailed this response: “The Associated Press continues to watch and analyze vote count results from Arizona as they come in. The AP declared Joe Biden the winner in Arizona at 2:50 a.m. EST Wednesday after an analysis of ballots cast statewide concluded President Donald Trump could not catch up based on the ballots left to be counted. We will follow the facts in all cases.” When AP first called Arizona, it reported that Biden was 9 percentage points ahead. By Thursday, the newswire said the former vice president’s lead had shrunk to 4.2 percentage points.
The Trump campaign is raging over the Arizona call, because that makes it especially hard for Trump to claw back, given how the map looks two days out from election day.
The networks which did not call Arizona said they held back because more than 450,000 votes still had to be counted as of Thursday morning and it was too early to call the state.
Based on the AP calculation, Biden is at 264 while Trump trails with 214 electoral votes. The winning number is 270.