"I think we should look at the exit polls." - Dick Key
"I think we should just wait until they count the actual votes." - Mike Royko
Michael
Pratt was in third the moment polls closed, not only once that number of votes was tallied. We just didn’t know it yet. And pretending that he “lost” his position as points (votes) were scored (counted) implies that votes were arriving after the fact, which they weren’t.
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