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BainsBane

(53,012 posts)
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 03:36 PM Nov 2020

The Remaining Vote in Pennsylvania Appears to Be Overwhelmingly for Biden

While we don't need PA to win, it would be nice.

By Nate Cohn
Nov. 4, 2020
Updated 9:29 a.m. ET

So far, Mr. Biden has won absentee voters in Pennsylvania, 78 percent to 21 percent, according to the Secretary of State’s office. The results comport with the findings of pre-election surveys and an analysis of absentee ballot requests, which all indicated that Mr. Biden held an overwhelming lead among absentee voters.

If Mr. Biden won the more than 1.4 million absentee votes by such a large margin, he would net around 800,000 votes — enough to overcome his deficit statewide.

Of course, there’s no guarantee that Mr. Biden will win the remaining absentee vote by quite so much. But so far, his standing in the tabulated absentee vote has almost exactly matched our pre-election projections for the absentee vote by county, based on New York Times/Siena polling and data from L2, a political data vendor.



https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/upshot/pennsylvania-election-results-ballots.html
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The Remaining Vote in Pennsylvania Appears to Be Overwhelmingly for Biden (Original Post) BainsBane Nov 2020 OP
PA is needed in case of a few faithless electors nt msongs Nov 2020 #1
keep those lawyers busy making electors stand for the law. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2020 #2
No Biden elector, selected by the campaign, will switch to Trump. Period. Nt Fiendish Thingy Nov 2020 #10
IIRC, this was if the count dragged on so long that the State legislature stepped in and appointed OnDoutside Nov 2020 #15
They can't do that without the agreement of the governor. Nt Fiendish Thingy Nov 2020 #17
Philly is deep blue. The founding fathers would be proud. Their city will save democracy. lindysalsagal Nov 2020 #3
Right on!!! dutch777 Nov 2020 #8
They are still missing a lot of mail in ballots Bev54 Nov 2020 #4
Those ballots can still be delivered and counted mathematic Nov 2020 #5
Good, I just hope they can find them. Bev54 Nov 2020 #7
Geez, what a shock SheltieLover Nov 2020 #6
You might be on to something. CentralMass Nov 2020 #11
That the PA absentees matched polling is SCREAMING for attention SheltieLover Nov 2020 #16
*ding*ding*ding* Absolutely! crickets Nov 2020 #27
Yuppers! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #30
EXACTLY!!! We need to get rid of these machines! Stop attacking polsters rainin Nov 2020 #29
We will need it if Nev doesn't come through. apcalc Nov 2020 #9
Why wouldn't Nevada come through? BainsBane Nov 2020 #12
Let's find out. Count every vote! (nt) apnu Nov 2020 #13
K&R Blue Owl Nov 2020 #14
Yes - 48 of 67 Pa. counties haven't reported absentee votes yet, per NYT. klook Nov 2020 #18
I hope there are lots of these ballots outstanding at present. David__77 Nov 2020 #19
CNN is reporting that Trump is going to SCOTUS over PA Chakaconcarne Nov 2020 #20
He has to start in the lower courts first BainsBane Nov 2020 #23
Well, in one respect, we DO need Pennsylvania. calimary Nov 2020 #21
Biden is speaking now and just mentioned this! nt spooky3 Nov 2020 #22
Since 11 AM his shortfall has been reduced from 492K to 466K to 458K to 253K at 4 PM. George II Nov 2020 #24
Yes we do need Pennsylvania. Our souls need it. LuvLoogie Nov 2020 #25
I want Biden to win PA just to watch the orange nazis throw another fit but seriously Biden yaesu Nov 2020 #26
especially because BainsBane Nov 2020 #28
That is SOOOO much more heartening than when I went to bed last night. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #31
that's for the best BainsBane Nov 2020 #32
I'd love to have PA. roamer65 Nov 2020 #33
"Appears to be" is not a quantifiable vote increment bucolic_frolic Nov 2020 #34
Amazing how accurate polling is when there is a paper trail for votes hadEnuf Nov 2020 #35

OnDoutside

(19,945 posts)
15. IIRC, this was if the count dragged on so long that the State legislature stepped in and appointed
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:07 PM
Nov 2020

the electors themselves.

mathematic

(1,431 posts)
5. Those ballots can still be delivered and counted
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 03:44 PM
Nov 2020

PA is counting anything received up to friday, as long as it was postmarked by election day.

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
30. Yuppers!
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:46 PM
Nov 2020

Just read a current post in GD entitled "ballgame," which states PA Dem officials privately telling Buden camp that win will be 100-200k votes!

rainin

(3,010 posts)
29. EXACTLY!!! We need to get rid of these machines! Stop attacking polsters
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:39 PM
Nov 2020

and consider that the polls might be correct after all.

klook

(12,151 posts)
18. Yes - 48 of 67 Pa. counties haven't reported absentee votes yet, per NYT.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:28 PM
Nov 2020

Long way to go til their count is completed. Nevada, Arizona, and Michigan -- assuming they come through for Biden -- give him exactly 270. Pennsylvania sure would be nice, and Georgia or North Carolina would be golden. But if it's just 270 in the end, that's enough to evict the traitorous autocrat, so I'll take it.

David__77

(23,320 posts)
19. I hope there are lots of these ballots outstanding at present.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:31 PM
Nov 2020

It's nice to see the margin diminish. About a seventh of the margin was wiped out in the last hour or so, and that was with the addition of about 116k votes.

Chakaconcarne

(2,431 posts)
20. CNN is reporting that Trump is going to SCOTUS over PA
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:08 PM
Nov 2020

Litigation is all he has left......

He must be in some pretty deep shit if he loses....

calimary

(81,091 posts)
21. Well, in one respect, we DO need Pennsylvania.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:09 PM
Nov 2020

To fatten our lead. Another state. Another “big” state. MORE Electoral College votes for a bigger load there, too.

More! Need MORE! As much more as we can add on!

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
26. I want Biden to win PA just to watch the orange nazis throw another fit but seriously Biden
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:27 PM
Nov 2020

will probably take PA, AZ & NV so the more the merrier.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,559 posts)
31. That is SOOOO much more heartening than when I went to bed last night.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:47 PM
Nov 2020

Sadly, I have to keep my life plodding forward, so I haven't been able to keep up like I should.

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