| The presidential contest isn’t resolved. But the 2020 election has already proved revealing. Keep reading for three things we’ve gleaned from the results so far. Then: Speaking of results … when will we know the winner? |
The 2020 Election |
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When Will We Know? |
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Georgia: We could get a complete answer tonight.
Key counties say they aim to wrap up their counts around 9 p.m.
ET. Trump leads here by about 80,000 votes, but the remaining
ballots are mostly in heavily Democratic areas, giving Biden narrow
odds to flip the state.
Nevada: Check back tomorrow.
We should get a big update. Biden currently leads by only 7,000
votes, but the remaining ballots are expected to lean
Democratic.
Pennsylvania: Check back tomorrow.
The secretary of the commonwealth said today that she expects
full results “significantly sooner” than Friday. Well, today’s
Wednesday, and we don’t seem to be particularly close to a full
count in the state. Temporally speaking, that leaves Thursday as
the only day sooner than Friday. Trump’s big lead in the state
could be endangered as hundreds of thousands of outstanding mail
ballots from cities such as Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are likely
to go overwhelmingly to Biden.
North Carolina: Check back next week.
Mail-in ballots in North Carolina have until November 12 to
arrive, and we might not know the winner of this state until
mid-November.