YES, Dims “own” the cities and hold on to their results until very end. Not sure why they do this - kinda like playing checkers?
Where have you been for the last 16 years?? They can "adjust" the count, if and when necessary, to win.
No, the Dems reliably “find” the votes they need in their big city machines—if and when they know what is needed. They have been doing this for decades, despite often having machines while the smaller towns were counting by hand