What's a ‘red' and ‘blue mirage,' and how election night vote counts make it hard to tell who will win A big lead at some point on election night doesn’t always mean a candidate will win.

Virginia is an example of a state that usually has a geography-driven red mirage early on election night. This is because Fairfax County, a high-population suburb of Washington, D.C., where Joe ...

But now, a new survey from YouGov-Economist suggests that 2020’s big split between Democrats and Republicans in how they plan to vote could recur to an alarming degree. Voting by mail is, in ...

Trump voters may again dominate in-person voting on Election Day 2024, giving him an early lead via a ‘red mirage.’ That could be all he needs for another false victory claim.