NBC News Notes California Mail Ballots Favor Democrats
NBC News recently highlighted a pattern that has become familiar in California elections. As more mail-in ballots are counted after election night, the totals often shift toward Democratic candidates.
The segment came up during coverage of the Los Angeles mayor race. As the count moved forward, Nithya Raman kept gaining ground while earlier leads narrowed. The discussion focused less on surprise and more on how California’s counting process tends to work.
The key point was simple. Ballots that arrive and get processed later are often not a random mix. In California, they have repeatedly leaned left in recent election cycles. That can make election-night results look very different from the final numbers days later.
That is why races in the state can change so much after the first returns come in. A candidate may look strong on election night, then watch the gap shrink as later mail ballots are added. NBC’s Steve Kornacki said that this is a recurring pattern in California and has shown up in congressional races for years.
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A second post shared alongside the clip pointed to one late ballot drop in the same race. According to that tally, Bass gained 12,853 votes, Raman gained 9,521, Miller gained 1,227, others gained 1,233, and Pratt gained 0 in that batch.
That kind of update is exactly why people keep watching California counts so closely. The numbers can move fast. And when they do, the late ballots often tell the story. NBC’s on-air explanation put that pattern front and center, even if the broader political debate around it is still very much alive.
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For voters and viewers alike, the takeaway is plain. In California, election night is often just the first chapter. The final count can look very different once the mail ballots are all in.