Barr says Trump claimed major fraud before there was “any potential of looking at evidence”

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat, requested one of many witnesses at Monday’s listening to —  former Fox Information political editor Chris Stirewalt — concerning the so-called “pink mirage,” which gave a rosier image for Trump on election evening that slowly light as Democratic-leaning mail ballots had been tallied. 

That dynamic – also called the “blue shift” – was notably pronounced in 2020, due to the numerous uptick in mail-in voting throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. However this improve didn’t occur evenly throughout the board – Democrats flocked to postal voting in 2020, whereas many Republicans most well-liked in-person voting on Election Day, thanks largely to Trump’s claims that vote-by-mail was a sham.

This divide created an attention-grabbing phenomenon when it got here time to depend the votes.

Right here’s what CNN mentioned about this in September 2020: It takes longer to depend mail-in ballots, and in lots of states, ballots are nonetheless admissible if they’re postmarked by Election Day however arrive later. In easy phrases, this implies the partial outcomes that get reported on Election Night time will most likely look worse for then-candidate Joe Biden than the ultimate, full depend.

“In each election, Republicans win Election Day and Democrats win the early vote. You then wait and stat counting,” Stirewalt, who was concerned in Fox Information’ election projections, testified. “…Normally it’s election day votes that depend first. You see the Republican shoot forward… you anticipate to see the Republican with a lead, however it’s probably not a lead.”

Take a look at our full rationalization of the “pink mirage” right here.