We probably won't have a winner tonight

[HereForTheParty]

What I have gleamed from a few articles indicates a close race could take until...

Arizona - Unknown
Georgia - Tuesday or Wednesday
Michigan - Friday
Nevada - Saturday
North Carolina - Tuesday or Wednesday
Pennsylvania - Friday
Wisconsin - Tuesday or Wednesday

Buckle in, and here's hoping the MAGAts don't descend on the vote counters.

[Lovie777]

1. I think we will have a good ideal tho............................

[dweller]

2. Noon news here in NC

said we should get large results totals btwn 9 and 11 pm tonight
Doesn’t mean we will call then tho

✌🏻

[HereForTheParty]

3. Yeah, I think they're all going to be really cautious

and that's probably a good thing.

[Demsrule86]

4. They are counting in PA early votes this time...if he loses PA, he is toast.

So it may be over. I remember in 12 I expected a long night but it was over at 9:30 PM.

[Iris]

12. Was thinking that about 2016

One of my younger colleagues was tweeting from a bar that was a known political watering hole and around 9:30 tweeted she was going home

[joshcryer]

15. They started opening mail in ballots at 7am in PA.

But they will be counted after the polls close. But yeah we should get strong results maybe 3-4 hours after the polls close there.

[DaddyShark]

5. Why is it so hard?

I really don't get it. We have technology that makes counting votes faster than ever and more people than ever have voted early. Are a lot of these states just trying to make early excuses for being incompetent? The only thing I can understand for why it would take days to get the results is if it was so close that the uncounted mail in ballots and or provisional ballots would be enough to make a difference in the outcome. Then I get it.. But a lot of states are claming they are going to have problems before problems even occur.

[berniesandersmittens]

8. Elections are run by local entities

Some stayes do not allow counting absentee ballots (mail in) until after the polls close or until the following day. Provisional ballots are counted/not counted after election day.

Welcome to DU

[exmodee]

10. Mail-in vote count takes longer

A lot of states aren't allowed to start counting the mail-in votes until after the same-day voting is counted. And the proportion of mail-in voting is pretty significant at this point. It's so much more convenient for voters that some areas are almost solely mail-in now.

[joshcryer]

16. The problem in 2020 is that 1) it was the first time (COVID) and 2) they couldn't open the ballots.

They began opening the ballots at 7am in PA, and will stacks upon stacks of ballots ready to go into the counting machines as soon as the polls close.

[exmodee]

17. It wasn't just a 2020 problem

It's an even bigger phenomenon this year:

"There are a number of reasons it can take longer for ballots to be counted in some states, including the rise of mail-in voting, an option taken by nearly one-third of voters nationwide during the 2022 midterm elections, according to the MIT Election Lab. Some states allow mail-in ballots to be counted before Election Day, while others do not allow poll workers to start counting those ballots until in-person voting has come to an end."

See the link below for a (swing) state-by-state breakdown of the counting laws.

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/when-will-we-know-election-results-2024/

[joshcryer]

20. I understand that, but they are opening the envelopes early.

Which is a stark difference from 2020.

[exmodee]

25. That would be good

🙏

[Jersey Devil]

6. But we will know which way it is going to wind up

NC counts pretty early and from what I have read Georgia is going to be quick as well, so we'll know pretty fast unless it is so close in those states that we have to wait for every vote to be counted. The margins of victory in other states should also be a big clue.

[cachukis]

7. Watch New Hampshire and Virginia for the pulse.

[Emile]

9. We'll see. I hope we do.

[BluesRunTheGame]

11. I think we'll know by 6:00AM tomorrow.

Of course, I could be wrong.

[lrymcqueen]

13. By tomorrow morning

Thats my prediction.

[DrivingOnThe Left]

14. It won't be because of the closeness of the result. It will be down to the sheer numbers of people voting. n/t

[Johnny2X2X]

18. Disagree

I think NC basically cements it before PA is called. WI, MI, and NV get called by midnight.

[JCMach1]

19. Counter Intuitive..we have a winner by 11PM tonight

[Jason1961]

21. This is going to be a landslide

We won't know the vote totals everywhere but it won't matter, VP Harris will have this locked up by 7:30 or 8:30 at the latest but you won't hear that until midnight, that said you're going to wake up to VP Harris being President Elect Harris

[StarryNite]

22. I heard that here in AZ it could be 13 days before all votes are counted.

But projections can come in before that.

[lpbk2713]

23. DeSantis will probably screw up the Florida vote count as well.

If it looks like KH will have a majority he will do what he can to delay Florida's count.

[ZonkerHarris]

24. I would not be surprised if the election is called for Harris between midnight and 1am EST

Once we've won NC all the dominoes will fall for us.

[Clash City Rocker]

26. The media will stretch it out as long as possible

It’s all about ratings.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

27. I'm under the impression that

the states saying it will be days for the final results, are referring to all of the other things/candidates/issues/etc that are on ballots in some states. The Arizona ballot is four pages. I don't know about the other states on that list, but I suspect it's something similar.

There's also the issue of when absentee or mailed-in ballots are counted. Waiting until the close of the polls to start counting them is truly dumb in my opinion, but what do I know?

And yes, the notion that this is a remotely close race at the top is utter nonsense.

[asuhornets]

28. I respectfully disagree. Kamala will be named President-Elect tonight. n/t