Two reassuring posts from Nate Cohn, NYT Reporter

[Mike 03]

Nate Cohn, in New York 7m ago

I don't think people have fully internalized how Democratic these mail and absentee ballots will be in MI/PA/WI. It's close, but these ballots will be overwhelmingly blue.

Nate Cohn
Nate Cohn, in New York 9m ago

This is vaguely reminiscent of 11 p.m. in 2016 ... but in reverse (and in slow motion): Biden's the narrow favorite in PA, WI, MI, AZ, NV, GA, and it could take a while.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-president.html?action=click&module=styln-elections-2020-guide&variant=show&state=default&pgtype=LegacyCollection&region=hub&context=storyline_election_guide

[appalachiablue]

1. TY. I realized it, Dems mail in cuz they have working brains.

Mail in, avoid long lines, being exposed to covid, safer.

[bdamomma]

2. just keep counting

until every vote is counted.

[Cha]

3. It sounds wonderful but I'm wondering..

how he knows that?

Is it bc they're mail in ballots & trump kept telling his flock of idiots that they were illegal or some such shite?

TY!

[Mike 03]

5. I don't know for certain, but I did see a lot of statistical breakdowns released by different

states prior to Election Day where they would say X% Democrats have returned their ballots vs. X% of Republicans, and in almost every battleground state Dems were returning more mail in ballots, in some cases it was two to one or even three to one.

I think it was for returned ballots, but some figures could have been for early in-person voting.

I also remember all those warnings to Dems saying "Be patient because the heavily Democratic ballots are the mail-in and absentee ballots and they won't be counted for a few days" or "they will be among the last ballots to be counted."

Let's hope this pans out.

[Cha]

7. Thank you for the explanation, Mike..

Yes, Hoping those mail in ballots yet to be counted are True Blue like Nate Cohn thinks they are.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. "This is vaguely reminiscent of 11 p.m. in 2016 ... but in reverse (and in slow motion)"

That's literally what it is feeling like.... including the slow-motion because by this time in 2016, a winner was pretty much declared, even with some states not done the counting.

[Mike 03]

6. I sure hope this decisively turns our way soon.

This is excruciating, I have to say.