Cohn writes: "Joe Biden looks to be on the cusp of winning the election. Here's a look at where the vote count stands in the key states."
Poll workers preparing mail-in ballots for tabulation in Lansing, Mich., on Monday. Vote counting cannot legally begin until Election Day in Michigan. (photo: Bryan Denton/The New York Times)
Biden Appears to Hold Edge in the Key Votes Left to Be Counted
05 November 20
The tabulations continue in the states too close to call, but some things are becoming clearer.
oe Biden looks to be on the cusp of winning the election. Here’s a look at where the vote count stands in the key states.
Pennsylvania
President Trump’s lead in Pennsylvania has plummeted to two percentage points as of Thursday morning, as the mail absentee ballot count proceeded briskly across the state.
There is every indication that Mr. Biden remains on track to pull ahead when all of the votes are in and counted, whenever that may be.
So far, Mr. Biden has been winning absentee votes, 77 percent to 22 percent, according to the Pennsylvania secretary of state. At that pace, he needs only 288,000 more mail votes before taking the lead. By my count, there are about 500,000 mail ballots left. The secretary of state reported a total of 2.6 million absentee ballots cast as of Tuesday, and so far 2.1 million absentee votes have been counted. If Mr. Biden won those 500,000 ballots by the same 77-22 pace, he would end with a lead of about 100,000 votes in the state. That’s a pretty decent cushion.
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