Tuesday night's primary may be an omen for November 3, when early returns based on in-person voting may create a false impression that whoever leads at that point is winning
Just as in-person voters in Kentucky faced substantial lines due to closed polling places, observers of the June 23 primary will have to wait for results. Photo: Getty Images Many responsible journalistic outlets previewed this or that June 23 primary by explaining high-stakes challenges to incumbents and important tests of progressive and/or African-American strength in the Democratic Party.
For the most part, though, observers will have to wait days if not weeks to know for sure if Charles Booker can upset Senate favorite Amy McGrath in Kentucky, or if a diverse host of progressive reformers will win House Democratic nominations in New York, highlighted by Jamaal Bowman’s challenge to Eliot Engle.
Given the president’s incessantly-repeated argument that voting by mail is inherently fraudulent, he may claim victory based on early returns and refuse to accept defeat, if that’s what the ultimate returns dictate. His party’s congressional leaders rehearsed this attack in 2018, when late mail ballots predictably reversed the results in several key House races in California.
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