Historic Turnout Leans Biden With Votes Still Being Counted
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🗓️ 4 November 2020
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We know a little more about the results of congressional elections — and they are not great for Democrats. NPR congressional correspondent Susan Davis explains.
One thing we do know is that voters in 32 states decided on dozens of ballot measures, from legalizing marijuana to raising the minimum wage. Josh Altic with the website Ballotpedia has been tracking those measures.
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| 0:00.0 | One of the big questions going into election day with a lot of polls making it look like Joe Biden was going to win |
| 0:06.6 | Was is this going to be a landslide or something closer? |
| 0:10.8 | We just got a million votes in in Miami-Dade County. This is a biggie and take a look at what we're seeing here |
| 0:16.0 | Let me try to clarify this screen for everybody |
| 0:18.1 | Then a little after nine o'clock eastern time after all the polls had closed in Florida |
| 0:23.6 | It looked like we were starting to get an answer to that question |
| 0:27.2 | From Miami-Dade County |
| 0:29.5 | Biden needed to do really well in that county, which isn't south Florida if he was going to win the whole state |
| 0:35.4 | Trump won Florida in 2016 |
| 0:37.7 | So turning it blue this year could have been an early sign of that landslide for Biden |
| 0:43.3 | This is an enormous county. They've just reported out a million votes in Donald Trump right now |
| 0:48.0 | It looks like he is running above his 2016 number you could just take a look at the statewide total right now |
| 0:53.0 | But Trump did way better than expected |
| 0:55.7 | And it started to look like Biden was performing below expectations across the state |
| 1:01.6 | People are already arguing about why but the bottom line is a little after midnight |
| 1:06.8 | CNN projects that President Trump will win the state of Florida |
| 1:10.5 | CNN called Florida for Trump |
| 1:13.2 | Florida we didn't win it. We won it by a lot |
| 1:18.9 | And everything that happened after |
| 1:21.3 | We're starting to look like a close race |
| 1:23.9 | Trump knew it |
| 1:25.3 | We want all |
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