It’s important to wait until all ballots are counted because the swing states tend to sway both ways throughout the day.
As election officials rush to count votes, those of us keeping track at home may see a "red mirage" before a "blue shift" ...
Votes tallied on Election Day tend to favor Republicans in a phenomenon known as the "red mirage," while a so-called blue ...
As Trump saw early leads dwindle in some states, he called for officials to stop counting votes and claimed the remaining ...
Four years ago, Donald Trump used the fact that Republican-leaning ballots cast in person on Election Day were counted ...
Research and trend data indicate Republicans are more likely to vote in-person on the day, and those ballots tend to be counted first, hence the ‘red mirage’. Democrats are more likely to vote by ...
File Image/AFP The terms “red mirage” and “blue shift” describe how vote counting can create the appearance of changing leads in US elections. This dynamic, which has played out in recent years, ...
Mirages can be “red” or “blue” depending on which party appears to be benefiting — but “appears” is the really important thing here, because like any other mirage, a vote mirage is fleeting and ...