• the solid hundred americans saying "idk general american". i dont know what that is so im gonna pretend you mean "I sound like a disney channel character"
• shoutout to whoever said "gay". also whoever said "autism".
• to those curious; 'newfoundland' accents are what everyone i know says to refer to the stereotypical "canadian accent" that bad american TV has, 'cause you're basically only gonna hear that in a random fishing town on the Maritimes' coast.
• the fact that almost every french person called their accent sexy
• all my fellow canadians who are saying "canadian but i dONT SOUND NEWFIE" like yes babe we are not all One Single Fishing Town Accent (no hate to the newfies tho ily)
• the one who said "i sound like siri. i have no accent" meanwhile siri is So Fucking Accented to my ears
• the amount of people with english as a second language in the notes who now love their accents <3 that's great, love urself
• everyone going "i'm TOLD i sound british. please not that"
• the one person who described their accent instead of just saying a word. they happened to be canadian and i was like "you just. absolutely and totally described how i talk"
• the amount of californians going "californian but i dONT SOUND SURFER OR VALLEY GIRL" like the US version of "im not newfie"
• the one single californian who was like "yeah i sound surfer. what are u gonna do about it"

1. Voting is reported by precinct.
2. Smaller, more rural precincts finish counting first and report first. These tend to swing much heavier towards R than D.
3. This makes it look like a state is fully and quickly "going red." This is the Red Mirage.
4. Bigger, more urban districts take longer to count and may stay open to allow everyone in line to vote. (STAY IN LINE)
5. As those urban districts, which swing much heavier D, start to report in, we see what the news calls The Blue Shift.
6. In addition, some states don't allow counting of mail-in/absentee ballots to begin until election day.
7. Those ballots tend to lean very heavily D.
8. As those ballots come in, the Blue Shift gets more pronounced.
9. That's what Trump was complaining about 4y ago about how "oh suddenly at 2 am all these votes out of nowhere." Those were absentee ballots being reported.
10. Additionally, deep red states are most likely to be called very quickly after polls close. This is why it looks like Trump is way ahead in electoral college votes right now.
11. The Blue Shift is no guarantee of how a state will eventually go, but don't freak out. This is gonna be a long night, and it may take several days before we know for sure how things will go.

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