[patriciaruth]

Checked out DU thread. Fascinating. But I, too, am curious how Bloomberg went from 1,000 ahead to 41,000 ahead (according to CNN) as the last half or third of the vote came in. Anybody have any insight?

[Big Bunyip]

The sudden late surge would probably because the precints in whitelandia -- staten island, queens, the nicer parts of the bronx -- reported in after the rest. They were no doubt late because the people in those locales actually work for a living and could vote only when they returned home.