The blue wall is 235-ish EV due to 2020 census changes. DeSantis needs to win Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania or he has no chance.

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    We were all aware well in advance (several weeks in advance, actually) that mail-in ballots would a) be counted later in the process, and b) largely favor democrats, based on polling and demographic data.

    Republicans also knew this, which became the entire basis for trying to suppress mail-in votes before the election- so it sounds like you might have relied on right-wing propaganda outlets instead of even semi-reputable news sources, who would have conveyed this information to you.

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      I think the essential problem is the way the news media, especially Fox, constantly promote the idea that election night is a race from a starting point to a finish line over the course of several hours. They do this because it’s more exciting than the truth, which is that once the polls close, the election is fully decided, we just don’t know the decision yet because it takes time to count millions of ballots.

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        They do this because it’s more exciting than the truth

        You’re being generous. They do is because the less voters know about how voting works, the easier they are to manipulate.

        Fox News is a propaganda group. They’re not solely profit driven.