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Why is it always the red counties whose votes come in last? (Original Post)
Horse with no Name
Mar 2018
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unc70
(6,109 posts)1. Allegheny still has lots of votes remaining
Mostly absentee
marybourg
(12,583 posts)2. The boonies.
dhol82
(9,351 posts)3. They want to see by how much they need to adjust the vote totals?
Glamrock
(11,787 posts)4. I think they vote by shooting at targets.
Harder to read....
doc03
(35,284 posts)6. Pony Express. They are rural counties nt
CAG
(1,820 posts)7. Math is hard for them
Ahem, I mean, shame on you.
Lisa0825
(14,487 posts)8. They are waiting to see how many more votes they need to find. nt
Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)12. Thats my thought.....n/t
Tribalceltic
(1,000 posts)13. Nailed it N/T
Xipe Totec
(43,887 posts)9. The ruris - Rural areas. nt
Stinky The Clown
(67,750 posts)14. Dumbfuckistan. They don't count so good.
onenote
(42,503 posts)15. Why do people say things that are demonstrably untrue.
Take Virginia in 2016 -- Trump led most of the night until the Northern Virginia (BLUE) areas came in.
I could name several other examples.
David__77
(23,311 posts)16. It isnt that way in California.
In California, Democratic margins increase over the evening.
ornotna
(10,791 posts)17. Smaller staff
Slower results.
Meowmee
(5,164 posts)18. In some cases
It may be so they can see how much they need to cheat unfortunately. Which is what Im worried about here with 2 counties not counting absentee ballots until tomorrow.