11.04.2020

Actually, no

Presidency hinges on tight races in battleground states

WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of the United States presidency hung in the balance Wednesday morning, as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden battled for three familiar battleground states…

They're not battling for anything. The battle's over. Now they're just adding up the score, and that could go on for quite some time. In several states, mail-in ballots needed to be postmarked by Nov. 3 but  needn't be delivered for several days yet. In California, they're not due until the 20th. 

The AP has long been the gold standard in election reporting but even they can't entirely resist the horserace simile.

This thing will work itself out, pretty much as expected, in time. 

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