Hi, I'm Dan Pramak, host of Axios Recap.

We are back with our special Axios Election 2020 coverage.

What we're watching is what's happening in Pennsylvania,

which many people think will be the tipping point state for President Trump or former Vice President Biden.

With me is Emily Prevety, a reporter for WITF, an NPR station in Pennsylvania, and she's on the ground in Lezern County, which in 2016 went for President Trump by 20 points after election after election going for Democrats.

So, Emily, you're in Luzerne County in Pennsylvania,

Northeastern Pennsylvania. What are you so far seeing on the ground in terms of turnout,

enthusiasm, all the above? So we're seeing high turnout in Luzern and across the state based on

what I've heard from my colleagues elsewhere. And I'm getting a pretty even

mix of registered Democrats and Republicans and even fewer unaffiliated voters, but definitely some of

those as well. We have a better idea of who's voted by mail. As of yesterday, the Pennsylvania Department

of State data showed there are about two and a half million ballots that

have been returned and received by counties. And of those nearly 1.6 million were sent by Democrats,

around 556,000 by Republicans. So definitely a heavier turnout by mail by Democrats.

Those of us who are outside of Pennsylvania, how we should watch the results coming in tonight.

So for example, as you said, a lot of these ballots, none of the mail and ballots could be opened

until today in Pennsylvania.

Will a precinct, say, in Lezern County or in Philly or in Pittsburgh?

Will they report the quote on the ground numbers without yet reporting the absentee or will they

wait until they have a full count from their precinct it depends on the county and i know that some

county is most of those that have a relatively small number of registered voters i think the largest

is cumberland with 187000 and it goes down from there to one county that has about 2,000 registered voters.

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