Misinformation about the US election vote totals (possibly good news?)
#PSA
I've been made aware of some #Misinformation going around about the #US #Election count.
It has been pointed out that about 15 million expected #votes have not been counted, and that the current popular vote total is very different from the #polls. This is actually to be expected: this is why we kept saying that we wouldn't know the vote totals for several days.
Nearly 10% of the votes in Georgia and Pennsylvania, states called for Trump, have not been counted yet. While it's doubtful that it will sway anything, we know that most of those votes are Harris votes.
50% of California has not been counted, even though the state has been called for Harris: we know that the vast majority of these votes will be for her.
So yes, the vote total is missing about 15 million people, probably more considering we had record turnout.
That's to be expected: they're still counting.
For what it's worth, Harris will likely win the popular #vote.
Misinformation about the US election vote totals (possibly good news?)
Also Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, some of the likely Harris states, have not yet been called. They're close, but it's expected that most of the remaining votes are Harris votes.
This is part of that whole #RedMirage thing we were talking about before the election. The votes don't all get counted right away, and most of the votes that get counted later end up being votes for Democrats.
Once again, it's unlikely this will sway the election, but it's why the vote totals and the popular vote seem so off from what was predicted.
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Ahhh ok, thanks for clarifying.
@freemo
No no, the national vote totals. There are people posting screenshots of the national vote totals on other networks, pointing to how they were like 15 million votes short of the last election, when we saw record turnout indications, and how they don't reflect that Harris had a clear lead in the national polls.
At the time I'd written this, only half of California had reported, and that alone would've explained it.