California primary's lesson for pundits: Don't speak too soon in the age of mail-in voting

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12. This was my point

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2020: 604,175
2008: 595,980

The assertion from the jump-the-gun reporting being that we didn't "turn out like the 'historic' Obama election" where that was bullshit.

If they had hedged and waited until ALL the votes were counted (aside from the fact that the was under lawsuit assault by the loon MAGA GOP challenging the votes and sending goons in to break in to the PA Convention Center to disrupt the counting), they could have salvaged themselves.

ETA from here (the older city election results are archived) - https://whyy.org/articles/as-far-as-voter-turnout-2012s-got-nothing-on-2008/

(snip) % Registered who voted

Philadelphia 2000 (snip) 54.7%
Philadelphia 2004 (snip) 63.4%
Philadelphia 2008 (snip) 63.6%
Philadelphia 2012 (snip) 58.8%

2016 = 64%
2020 = 66.3%


Here is what the Inquirer SHOULD HAVE written -

Philadelphia turnout for the 2020 election was the highest in 25 years

Pennsylvania also set a record for number of voters at the polls, with more than 6.9 million ballots cast.

Layla A. Jones
Nov. 17, 2020, 5:55 p.m.



Two weeks after Election Day, the Office of City Commissioners announced Tuesday night their count of all Philadelphia’s votes was complete. The result? The city’s highest turnout since 1984, per Commissioner Al Schmidt.

Combining in-person with mail and valid provisional votes, more than 749,000 Philadelphians cast ballots in the November election. Contrary to early predictions, more city voters cast a ballot this year than when Obama was elected. Joe Biden received 81% of this year’s Philly vote, and Donald Trump pulled in 18%. Just under half the total, about 365k of the city’s votes, came via mail ballot this year.

Turnout was high nationwide. More than 155 million Americans voted in the 2020 election, which is more than over a century, according to projections from Bloomberg. In Pennsylvania, more than 6.9 million people cast a ballot, PennLive reports, which is nearly 71% of the voting age population and the highest since 1960.

About 66% of Philly’s 1.1 million registered voters cast ballots this year — compared to 59% in 2016. Voter registration was also the highest since 1984, with about 9 out of 10 eligible Philadelphians signed up.

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https://billypenn.com/2020/11/17/philly-turnout-2020-lower-obama-trump-biden/