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Stephen A Mikalik's avatar

Monday's PA Mail-In Ballot Update is in.

2,801 new requests, R+532. Final request advantage now down to D+485,179

101,768 ballot returns, D+15,848. Overall ballot advantage now D+409,904. Original Firewall has been hit.

Total Requests (FINAL?):

D - 1,200,466 (54.62%)

R - 715,287 (32.54%)

O - 282,162 (12.84%)

Total - 2,197,915

Total Returns:

D - 997,450 (83.09% return rate)

R - 587,546 (82.14%)

O - 205,323 (72.77%)

Total - 1,790,319

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Stephen A Mikalik's avatar

I've got nothing.

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Kuka's avatar

Are the new requests from Bucks county because of the extension that was requested?

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Stephen A Mikalik's avatar

About 45% were. Some counties are lagging behind.

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Kuka's avatar

So just delays in reporting.

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Stephen A Mikalik's avatar

407.6k Oustanding Ballots: 42.6k from Philly Democrats, 18.4k from MontCo Dems, 24.85k from Allegheny Dems

PA is just shy of 26% total turnout.

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ArcticStones's avatar

I would be most interested to hear your thoughts on:

тАУ No. of Mail Ballots floating in the USPS systems / unprocessed at counties?

тАУ Additional number of Mail Ballots that will be counted?

тАУ Total non-ED Ballot Edge

тАУ Independent early vote split

тАУ Republican early vote crossover for Harris

тАУ Election Day turnout, party composition, vote composition

тАУ Your Pennsylvania prediction

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Stephen A Mikalik's avatar

Mild panic over outstanding ballots. Today's mail could be big. Harris probably wins mail ballots by 505k. 70-30 with Indys sounds right to me. Probably 12-15% GOPers vote Harris, mostly in the Philly suburbs. No turnout expectations. I think my math ended up being Harris by 105k: +465k in Philly, +295k in Philly Suburbs, +180k in Allegheny, -835k in the other 61 counties

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ArcticStones's avatar

Triple-digit victory sounds good. That ought to be well beyond the margin that allows courts or other shenanigans to mess with it!

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Stephen A Mikalik's avatar

Remember: Biden won by 88k. It was only close during the week because Biden won 76% of the mail vote, most of which were counted last. That won't happen this time. Allegheny will announce their full mail tally at 8:01 pm or when they are all counted, which ever comes last. Philly will announce what they have counted at 8pm at 8pm then count the rest later. PA law now requires counties to report how many mail ballots they have left to count at midnight.

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ArcticStones's avatar

In short: No Red Mirage in Pennsylvania!

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Stephen A Mikalik's avatar

Correct. It will be a Blue Mirage that will be slowly chipped away as the rural counties come in until it gets near even or a slight GOP lead before Philly & the Philly Suburbs finish up & give Harris the victory.

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LennyLiberal's avatar

Your margin for the Philly suburbs is essentially the same as 2020, but the Allegheny margin's about 30k larger. What could account for the different trajectories?

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Kuka's avatar

What is the source for the 70-30 Indy split? The aviator guy on twitter from the Pittsburgh area (I cannot remember his name).

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Stephen A Mikalik's avatar

Joshua Smithley @blockedfreq

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Scott Christensen's avatar

What was the firewall in 2020?

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Stephen A Mikalik's avatar

There was none. 2020 was the first no-excuse mail-in voting election in PA plus Biden won mail by an obscene amount that if there would have been one, it would have been blown away.

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Kuka's avatar

Do you have a gender split?

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Stephen A Mikalik's avatar

TargetEarly hasn't changed.

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