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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNY Post column claiming a lack of enthusiasm for Biden in PA didn't count all absentee ballots
Three tweets from Dave Weigel starting here, full text below:
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This NY Post column, which argued that the PA results showed lagging Dem enthusiasm, was premised on initial numbers that didnt count all absentee ballots. That led to two assertions that got the results just totally wrong. (1/3)
First, Zito mistook the % of precincts reporting for the % of vote reporting. But absentees skewed that. As a result, she asserted that Trump ran more than 100k votes ahead of Biden. But as the count's continued, Biden's run 60k+ votes ahead of Trump. (2/3)
Second, Zito quoted a Beaver County GOP leader to emphasize that in-person GOP turnout was up there. But votes don't count more if they're in person. In Beaver, Dems cast 20,274 votes and Rs cast 14,787 votes. Trump won that county by 18 points four years ago. (3/3)
First, Zito mistook the % of precincts reporting for the % of vote reporting. But absentees skewed that. As a result, she asserted that Trump ran more than 100k votes ahead of Biden. But as the count's continued, Biden's run 60k+ votes ahead of Trump. (2/3)
Second, Zito quoted a Beaver County GOP leader to emphasize that in-person GOP turnout was up there. But votes don't count more if they're in person. In Beaver, Dems cast 20,274 votes and Rs cast 14,787 votes. Trump won that county by 18 points four years ago. (3/3)
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NY Post column claiming a lack of enthusiasm for Biden in PA didn't count all absentee ballots (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Jun 2020
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ProfessorGAC
(64,427 posts)1. It's The Post
Where headlines matter more than content.
Amishman
(5,541 posts)2. PA is a closed primary
and independents have been breaking for Biden in poll after poll
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)3. That's one of the republicans projected words . . .
"enthusiasm". Others are Antifa, fake news, defund . .