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Early election night results might not indicate final tallies (and why that's OK)
ABC News ^ | November 7th, 2022 | Isabella Murray

Posted on 11/07/2022 12:40:54 PM PST by shadowlands1960

A "red mirage," or an artificial GOP vote lead, will likely reoccur Tuesday.

As early Election Day results come in on Tuesday, it will likely appear that a Republican candidates vying for any number of the federal or statewide races appear to be leading their Democratic opponents, even by large margins.

Their leads will dwindle, or crumble completely, after perceived "dumps" of votes are recorded by state election officials who count mail-in and absentee ballots in the days -- or even weeks -- following Election Day.

This phenomenon was popularized as the "red mirage" or the "blue shift" after the 2020 presidential election, when former President Donald Trump took a deceptive lead in several competitive states on Election Day due to delays in counting of Democrats' mail-in ballots -- their preferred method of voting due to the COVID-19 pandemic -- only to eventually dissipate when the entire reserve of votes was totaled.

The illusion was a principal component of Trump and his allies' false claims that the contest was fraudulent upon his ultimate loss to Joe Biden.

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TOPICS: Politics; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 2022election; bluecheaters; bluecheating; bluesteal; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2022; isabellamurray; lyingliberalliars; the2022steal; thebluesteal
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To: ClearCase_guy

Feds don’t want honest elections…c’mon man…


21 posted on 11/07/2022 12:56:30 PM PST by TnTnTn
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To: shadowlands1960

Can they not at least see how this could be construed as “fraud”?

We need to find a way to do what all other countries do: Count the votes in one day.

For starters: NO ONE needs 2 months to vote.

Let’s limit it to 2 weeks. Mail-in Ballots received after however long it takes them to be counted, should NOT be accepted.

“early voting” should be available to everyone, or any reason... but, only for 1 week before election day.

ID must be required.

As a country, we are going to HAVE to get back to honest elections, or at least, the illusion of such, or we will not survive.


22 posted on 11/07/2022 12:57:41 PM PST by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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To: ClearCase_guy
That's why Strom Thurmond used to refuse federal monies altogether. He said "tar and chips is what keeps us free". He was right.

Long gone wisdom.

23 posted on 11/07/2022 12:57:54 PM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: shadowlands1960
"This phenomenon was popularized as the 'red mirage' or the 'blue shift' after the 2020 presidential election

"Red mirage" and "blue shift." The democrat spin-doctors of election fraud have even come up with cute little names for it.
24 posted on 11/07/2022 12:58:11 PM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: shadowlands1960

(and why that’s OK)

Because Democrat cheating is good?


25 posted on 11/07/2022 12:58:20 PM PST by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: teletech
They are going to STEAL IT AGAIN

Yeah?
How much you wanna bet on that?

26 posted on 11/07/2022 12:58:22 PM PST by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: TnTnTn

Every election is a crisis. The body politic now never let’s a crisis go to waste. The media loves the ratings. The Beltway bureaucrats eat popcorn and enjoy the illusion show.


27 posted on 11/07/2022 1:00:05 PM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: Hazwaste

Hell, that’s what J0tato’s speech was all about last week.


28 posted on 11/07/2022 1:00:30 PM PST by mykroar (Democrats support both types of allowed thought: Marxist and Leninist.)
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To: wiseprince
Maybe the Repukes will realize Trump is right

Doesn't matter. The GOP is just fine with whatever the RATs do.

29 posted on 11/07/2022 1:01:01 PM PST by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them.)
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To: grobdriver

How does ABC know, “it will likely appear that a Republican candidates vying for any number of the federal or statewide races appear to be leading,” the day prior to the election even taking place?

Can the steal be anymore obvious?


30 posted on 11/07/2022 1:01:06 PM PST by AFret. (.)
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To: SmokingJoe
Yeah?
How much you wanna bet on that?

I hope and pray we have such a big red wave they can't steal it.

31 posted on 11/07/2022 1:05:36 PM PST by teletech (you)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

First, an Article V COS.


32 posted on 11/07/2022 1:05:57 PM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: clearcarbon
I remember that use of the term 'red mirage' before votes were even cast in 2020. They were all saying that it would appear the GOP won then their lead would disappear when the mail in ballots started to be counted.... this article comes off as prepping the public for more of the same.. in fact it is overtly so. We are going to probably need to win by HUGE margins to even inch across the finish line ahead if that is the case.

Where have GOP leadership been on all this the last two years?

33 posted on 11/07/2022 1:06:31 PM PST by shadowlands1960
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To: shadowlands1960

Brazil had their results that night. Why can’t we?


34 posted on 11/07/2022 1:06:54 PM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: mykroar

Yes! I noted that from Biden...’taking time to count votes’ and how we GOP are supposedly ‘too impatient’ for that.... They are up to no good.


35 posted on 11/07/2022 1:08:44 PM PST by shadowlands1960
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To: Ge0ffrey

Brazil’s results were riddled with fraud.


36 posted on 11/07/2022 1:11:21 PM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump. )
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To: shadowlands1960

As early Election Day results come in on Tuesday, it will likely appear that a Republican candidates vying for any number of the federal or statewide races appear to be leading their Democratic opponents, even by large margins.

Their leads will dwindle, or crumble completely, after perceived “dumps” of votes are recorded by state election officials who count mail-in and absentee ballots in the days — or even weeks — following Election Day.

Why would they know the Republican’s margin would decline or vanish over time as they endlessly count? Why wouldn’t the Democrat’s margin decrease?


37 posted on 11/07/2022 1:11:41 PM PST by Flick Lives (Cui bono)
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To: Flick Lives

Exactly! Why not a ‘blue mirage?’ Are they seers?


38 posted on 11/07/2022 1:13:27 PM PST by shadowlands1960
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To: shadowlands1960

They make it sound like only Democrats vote late by mail or absentee ballot. How does that work?


39 posted on 11/07/2022 1:13:38 PM PST by fwdude (Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
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To: SmokingJoe

Agree- and if they do steal it, then fault lies squarely on the shoulders if the GOP.

FOOL ME ONCE- SHAME ON YOU
FOOL ME TWICE- SHAME ON ME!!!


40 posted on 11/07/2022 1:14:36 PM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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