Election Night Red Mirage

But with a historic pivot toward mail in voting due to the coronavirus this election night could mark the beginning not the end of the process and giving voters a false sense of who is winning.

Election night red mirage. Likely shift from red to blue some people call this the red mirage or the blue shift where early results favor trump but later ballots even things out and might even put biden ahead once all. Likely shift from red to blue some people call this the red mirage or the blue shift where early results favor trump but later ballots even things out and might even put biden ahead once all. An election night red mirage is a nightmare for democrats for a good while now a number of us political obsessives have been playing paul revere in warning of an election night phenomenon that.

Known as the red mirage the scenario could develop if trump appears to be leading in the presidential race late on election night and declares victory before all the votes are counted. Trump is laying the groundwork for challenging the results of the november elections if the results do not go his way. Thus the thought is that what trump enjoyed on election night in this case was just a mirage or as noted a red mirage we are sounding an alarm and saying that this is a very real.

Unfortunately circumstances are such that we might well face a confused and chaotic situation on election night that he can and undoubtedly will exploit to his advantage.