CNN host admits an overwhelming ‘blue shift’ happens with votes counted after day of election
August 15, 2020 | Jon Dougherty
CNN host Michael Smerconish practically guaranteed during a Friday segment that Democrats were going to pick up votes after polls close Nov. 3, potentially overcoming President Donald Trump’s election day majorities in key battleground states and leading to him questioning the results.
“Say it’s Election Night 2020, the presidential race all coming down to who wins Pennsylvania in order to win the Electoral College,†he began, reminding viewers that Trump defeated his 2016 Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton in the state by about 45,000 votes.
“That’s the narrowest margin in 176 years,†Smerconish continued. “So, let’s imagine that on Election Night it’s even closer, that he’s winning by…20,000 votes. The Associated Press, the cable networks like ours have not yet declared a winner because they’ve learned the hard way how numbers can shift before the final certification of the election results.â€
The host recalled the 2000 election when Democratic contender and Vice President Al Gore was initially declared the winner, but then “Florida’s results changed and he lost,†a reference to the weeks-long recounts that were ended with a narrow George W. Bush victory after the U.S. Supreme Court intervened to stop them.
“So, in our scenario, both candidates end the night without claiming victory or conceding defeat,†Smerconish said, asking his audience to imagine Trump’s lead “slipping away†as more votes are tallied.
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