The president of the United States is howling that this week's vote count in several states should stop before it’s complete because he thinks that will make him a winner. Aside from being the stuff of banana republics, that’s not how the rules of any game work.
As the Atlanta Falcons and Phil Mickelson can attest, you don’t get to call “Game over!” just because you’re ahead. Much as I’m sure Grady Little would have liked to take the ball and go home after that devastating change in fates in the 2003 ALCS, he isn’t 5.