> Only since 2020 Good grief. That's just simply not correct. What happened is that in 2016 and 2020 specifically, the presidential election turned on a hand

> Only since 2020 Good grief. That's just simply not correct. What happened is that in 2016 and 2020 specifically, the presidential election turned on a handful of states that were (by definition, really) very close. Close results take longer, because if it's not close you can call an election without finishing the count. If the close states are not critical to the result, as is more common, no one cares. > major swings in individual states or districts occurring overnight Again, no. This is not a new effect, nor is the fact that different groups of ballots skew differently and are counted at different times.