Notable Quote of the Day

“Americans are accustomed to knowing who won on election night because news organizations project winners based on partial counts, not because the counting is actually completed that quickly. These race calls mean Candidate A is far enough ahead that, given the number of outstanding ballots and the regions those ballots are coming from, Candidate B would realistically be unable to close the gap.

The difference this year is not the timing of final results — those will come, as always, by the certification deadlines each state has set, ranging from two days after the election in Delaware to more than a month after in California. The difference, rather, is when news organizations are likely to have enough information to make accurate projections.”

– Maggie Astor, The New York Times

Election Updates

• As of Monday morning, 99.7 million early votes had been cast in the general election, according to the United States Election Project. Four states have surpassed the total turnout in 2016 through early voting alone: Hawaii, Texas, Montana, and Washington.

• Donald Trump participated in a phone interview on Fox & Friends Tuesday morning. He will head to Arlington, Virginia, for an event with campaign staffers. His campaign is holding a gathering at the White House in the evening.

• Joe Biden is holding GOTV events in Scranton and Philadelphia on Tuesday. He will be in Delaware in the evening, where he plans to address the nation from Wilmington.

Flashback: November 3, 2016

Hillary Clinton was leading Donald Trump in national polls by an average of four points, 46% to 42%.