Because a higher percentage of voters who request mail-in ballots are Democrats, there is the potential for what is referred to as a "red mirage" or "blue shift." A red mirage describes a situation ...

Election night has a language all its own, as terms like “dangling chads” and “purple state” don’t tend to come up too often in odd-numbered years. But as election night 2024 draws near, you’ll likely ...

A mirage is an optical illusion created when sharp temperature differences near the surface bend light, making distant objects appear distorted, reflected or out of place.

Once the last voter casts their ballot in a state and the polls close, the process of revealing the winner begins. That’s when Election Day turns into election night, and each state starts reporting ...

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