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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The Remaining Vote in Pennsylvania Appears to Be Overwhelmingly for Biden — The president leads by nearly 700,000 votes, but there are 1.4 million absentee votes outstanding. — Joe Biden has won absentee ballots counted in Pennsylvania by an overwhelming margin so far, according to data from the Secretary of State early Wednesday.
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New York Times:
Can Biden Still Win? Can Trump Still Win? Yes. Here Are the Remaining Paths. — The president was able to close off several avenues to an early Biden win, but the former vice president still has a number of options. — Joseph R. Biden Jr. started election night with many paths …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Joe Biden Is on Track to Win the Electoral College — Joe Biden has taken the lead in the Electoral College and is on track to win the 2020 election. President Trump no longer has any incentive to stop counting the votes, because Biden is currently ahead in enough states to make him president.
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New York Times:
Election Needles: President — If Joe Biden wins one of these three states, he is likely to win the presidency. — If President Trump wins all three, it could be days or more before a winner is declared.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What blue wave? — DRIVING THE DAY — PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP and JOE BIDEN are locked in the tightest presidential contest in decades, with TRUMP threatening to drag the race to the Supreme Court. BIDEN is ahead by a sliver in Wisconsin, TRUMP is up in Michigan and Pennsylvania …
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Biden looks screwed even if he wins — This is not the outcome Democrats expected. — Despite many bold predictions of a rout in which Democrats gained (or re-gained) Trumpian red territory of 2016, as of early Wednesday only one state — Arizona — had flipped from red to blue.
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Dave Boucher / Detroit Free Press:
Roughly 80,000 Michigan ballots still being counted as officials preach patience — With roughly 96% of the vote in, Democratic nominee Joe Biden pulled further ahead of President Donald Trump with a 36,000 votes early Wednesday morning, but there were still more than 80,000 ballots that needed …
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Associated Press:
2020 Latest: McConnell says it'll take while to count votes — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is discounting President Donald Trump's early claim that he'd already won the election, saying it's going to take a while for states to conduct their vote counts.
New York Times:
Presidential Election Results — Editors at The Times will take into account a number of factors before declaring a winner, including race calls made by The Associated Press and Edison Research, as well as analysis of the votes that have been reported so far.
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump's premature victory claim prompts quick rebukes
Trump's premature victory claim prompts quick rebukes
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Ben Brasch / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton, Gwinnett counties struggle to count absentee ballots
Fulton, Gwinnett counties struggle to count absentee ballots
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Says Vote-Counting Should Only Continue in States Where He's Behind
Trump Says Vote-Counting Should Only Continue in States Where He's Behind
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New York Times:
Michigan Presidential Election Results
Michigan Presidential Election Results
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Brad Heath / Reuters:
Trump, Biden's paths to victory in U.S. presidential election
Trump, Biden's paths to victory in U.S. presidential election
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Wayne County:
Election Results — Elections in Wayne County are conducted under the authority of the County Clerk
Election Results — Elections in Wayne County are conducted under the authority of the County Clerk
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New York Times:
Election Highlights: With Votes Still Being Counted, an Anxious Nation Awaits a Winner
Election Highlights: With Votes Still Being Counted, an Anxious Nation Awaits a Winner
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Here's how Alaska's congressional race could determine our next president
Here's how Alaska's congressional race could determine our next president
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Candy Woodall / USA Today:
In Pennsylvania, 1.4 million ballots still being counted with race too close to call
In Pennsylvania, 1.4 million ballots still being counted with race too close to call
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Once Again, a Nation Cuts It Too Close for Comfort
Once Again, a Nation Cuts It Too Close for Comfort
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Biden: ‘We believe we are on track to win this election’
Biden: ‘We believe we are on track to win this election’
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Kadia Goba / BuzzFeed News:
Donald Trump Is Lying About The Early Election Results — Trump could still win the election legitimately, with votes still being counted. Early Wednesday morning, he tried to steal it. — Copy — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, in a 2:30 a.m. address during …
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump's Supreme Court vow was what he planned all along — This was always Donald Trump's plan. — He said it in the spring. He said it over the summer. And he hinted at it again in the early hours of Wednesday: Votes shouldn't be counted after Election Day.
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Road to Supreme Court Is Neither Fast Nor Certain
Trump's Road to Supreme Court Is Neither Fast Nor Certain
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Cut out the ‘fraud’ claims: Trump should have sounded like Pence
Cut out the ‘fraud’ claims: Trump should have sounded like Pence
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Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
While You've Been Watching the Election, the Supreme Court Is Set to Transform ‘Religious Freedom’ and America
While You've Been Watching the Election, the Supreme Court Is Set to Transform ‘Religious Freedom’ and America
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Aaron Gordon / VICE:
Why the Post Office's Last-Minute Ballot Crisis Isn't as Dire as It Seems — The USPS has been intentionally making its own ballot delivery statistics look worse so it can deliver them faster. — Aaron Gordon — Many Americans have been waiting—perhaps even expecting …
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
USPS statistics on mail-in ballots ‘look worse than they actually are’: report
USPS statistics on mail-in ballots ‘look worse than they actually are’: report
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Polling Crisis Is a Catastrophe for American Democracy — If public-opinion data are unreliable, we're all flying blind. — Staff writer at The Atlantic — Even with the results of the presidential contest still out, there's a clear loser in this election: polling.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
We still don't know much about this election — except that the media and pollsters blew it again — By early morning Wednesday, there was a lot that millions of anxious Americans didn't know. — Mainly, they didn't know who the president-elect is. That, in itself, wasn't unexpected, nor is it terrible.
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Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Trump campaign was livid when Fox News called Arizona for Biden — and tensions boiled over on-air — Fox anchor Bill Hemmer was gearing up to do another review for viewers of a map of the United States that at 11:20 p.m. was looking surprisingly positive for President Trump when he did a double take in the lower left-hand quadrant.
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Politico:
Republicans clinging to Senate majority as Dems under-perform — Democrats' path to a Senate majority has narrowed dramatically as the party underperformed expectations in a handful of the most expensive races in the country, but control of the Senate remains undecided with a handful of states still too close to call.
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats are going to have a hard time winning the majority now
Senate Democrats are going to have a hard time winning the majority now
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Dan Avery / NBC News:
The day after: Counting ballots in Michigan — Ritchie Torres becomes first gay Afro Latino elected to Congress — Ritchie Torres has won his House race for New York's 15th Congressional District, making him the first gay Afro Latino person elected to Congress.
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Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Trump campaign argues he has a path to victory
Trump campaign argues he has a path to victory
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New York Times:
Arizona Presidential Election Results … Absentee votes by candidate — Some states and counties will report candidate vote totals for mail-in ballots, but some places may not report comprehensive vote type data. … Results by county — We received more votes from Pinal County.
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New York Times:
National Exit Polls: How Different Groups Voted — The numbers on this page are preliminary estimates from exit polls conducted by Edison Research for the National Election Pool. These surveys interviewed voters outside of polling places or early voting sites, or by phone.
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Reuters:
Judge reviews ballot counting in suburban Philadelphia county — (Reuters) - A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Wednesday weighed arguments by Republicans seeking to stop a suburban Philadelphia county from counting mail-in and absentee ballots that voters had been permitted to correct.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Biden May Win, But Trump Remains the President of Red America — His attacks on “the rigged election” are a worst-case scenario for the country. — For months, Joe Biden has been campaigning with endless variations on a simple theme: vote and we can end this.
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Detroit News:
Biden takes lead in Michigan with votes still uncounted — Democrat Joe Biden pulled ahead of President Donald Trump at about 9 a.m. Wednesday in the unofficial results in Michigan, one of a group of battleground states where decisions about America's next commander in chief hanged in the balance.
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The Hill:
House Democrats fall way short in disappointing night — Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her invigorated caucus charged into Tuesday with an energized base, a sharp fundraising advantage and hopes to flip anywhere from five to 15 Republican seats on election night.
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April Siese / CBS News:
Mississippi votes in favor of adopting new flag — Mississippi has formally rebuked the confederate battle cross that once adorned its state flag. Voters cast their ballots in favor of Measure 3, a referendum adopting a new state flag featuring a magnolia surrounded by 21 stars signifying …
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