You mean like pre the election reporters continually asking Trump to commit to a clean transition of power as if they were pretty much 100% sure Joe would win?
Fortunately with elections there are legal challenges if things seem dodgy. If you're making a cup of tea and it's "wrong" (or as was on a TV show I watched last night, one says to another "you do a pretty good job at making a cup of coffee taste like tea") one just has to suck it and see.