Biden Is Projected To Be The President-Elect. Here’s How It All Went Down.

Amelia, what does the relative calm in election administration tell you about so many of the fears leading into today? Misplaced? Or are we far from out of the woods on mail ballots being counted, etc.?

As the day winds down, I just want to underscore how remarkably problem-free it’s been so far. Of course, there were scattered reports of voting machines malfunctioning, some late polling place openings and some lawsuits filed. But those are routine snafus, and it mostly looks like when tens of millions of people vote early, it makes things a lot easier come Election Day.

Philadelphia is the largest source of net Democratic votes in Pennsylvania, the most likely tipping-point state in the Electoral College. But it’s critical to state that today’s election is not the only major issue here in Philadelphia right now. On Oct. 26, Philadelphia police officers shot and killed Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old Black man. That shooting triggered two nights of protests as well as a citywide curfew.