This year, a team of nearly 100 Times journalists, engineers, statisticians, data experts and researchers are collaborating to deliver up-to-the-minute results, displayed live on nytimes.com.
If we are not able to stream the Needle's results live, our journalists plan to run its statistical model periodically, examine its output and publish updates in our live blog.
The purpose of the Needle is to put election results in proper context as they come in. Early returns are often very misleading.
Publishing the Needle live on election night relies on computer systems maintained by engineers across the company, including some who are currently on strike.
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