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Historically, voters from smaller and more rural counties tend to cast their ballots on Election Day, per an analysis of the 2020 election from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab.

If that trend holds, it could create the appearance that Trump and Republicans are in the lead — the so-called "red mirage."

However, as absentee and mail-in ballots, typically originating from denser, more urban precincts that lean Democratic, are tabulated, the outcome in certain states could change — leading to a "blue shift" on the electoral map.

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[–] jaggedrobotpubes 12 points 2 days ago

Talk all you want but everybody vote god dammit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

NM Political Report after the end of early voting Saturday reported these numbers: Democrat: 307,311 (46.29%) Decline to State: 104,904 (15.8%) Libertarian: 5,301 (0.8%) Other: 2,982 (0.45%) Republican: 243,376 (36.66%) Total: 663,874 (556,026 in-person, 107,848 absentee)

So is that a Blue Mirage, before a Blue Tsunami? Hard to say.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is from New Mexico? New Mexico is solid blue. If this shows a general trend, great. But NM won't really affect the outcome much.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 days ago

It's data. Have you any to share?