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> It seems that different US elections predict who will win a given state far earlier in the process - before the votes are counted even the first time. Is that right?

Yes.

At least in Dewey / Truman, they counted the votes and Truman won. Under the current system, Truman would be expected to concede gracefully after somebody predicted he would lose, removing the need to count the votes entirely.




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