CNN Unveils Election Data Tool Designed to Demystify Its Decision Desk Process

CNN is launching an interactive educational tool that walks viewers through how its Decision Desk makes election night calls, addressing longstanding questions about the network's projection methodology. The tool, announced ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, aims to make transparent the statistical methods and data analysis that CNN's internal Decision Desk team—a group of political analysts and statistical experts—uses to project race winners across the country.