Quote (thundercock @ 4 Nov 2020 04:06)
Wasn't the conventional wisdom that Trump was supposed to be ahead on election night until mail-in votes are counted? Given Trump's FL margins, I'd say that Trump's chances are much higher than the 10%
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-biden-election-map/?cid=abcnewsIf you give Trump NC, FL, and GA to Trump it's a 50/50 election. That basically brings the election down to PA. You give Biden Co and Trump OH and you're still 50/50
The CW was that Biden would lead among the early votes, then Trump surges ahead with his large lead on election day votes, and then late-arriving mail and absentee ballots lean Democratic again, shrinking the R lead a bit in the end.
Giving Trump NC, FL and GA (and TX) doesnt mean that he's hugely favored in and off itself. But his winning margins in GA and FL are on track to outperform even optimistic expectations. We're not in a world where he hung on to these states by the skin of his teeth with 0.2% margins or something like that, he'll win them by 3+. And that, in turn, has ramifications for the entire model. Conditional on Trump winning these two states by 3 each, his chances at winning the EC are definitely higher than 50/50.