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6 Takeaways From Election Night 2020

The election between Trump and Biden is still not settled, and it might not be for days.

Well, we still don't know who the president-elect is.

Is there a less-surprising outcome for 2020?

Here are six takeaways from one of the strangest election nights in recent history:

1. This is going to go on a while

This election is now coming down to the former Blue Wall states that President Trump toppled in 2016 — Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. We won't know results perhaps for days, because Wisconsin and Pennsylvania couldn't start processing mail-in votes until Election Day, and Michigan could only start Monday.

Philadelphia is expected to report more results at 9 a.m. Wednesday, but it isn't expected to be able to finish counting

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