@ormandj - I see your from San Antonio. Nice town. I spent a fair bit of time there the past 2 years prior to covid. It's a very different vibe down there compared to my AO between Baltimore & DC.
As you stated there were a lot of mail in ballots, and in some (not all) cases they were counted after in person voting. You are absolutely correct about the inaccurate predictions 7-17% off (favoring Biden of coarse). That is not a mistake, it was by design to discourage trump voters into staying home. Most notably they completely missed the mark on mail in ballets. What I'm referring to is the fact that they have record of who requested them and the data showed R vs. D requested ballets to be roughly equal & in some cases more Republicans had requested mail ins. This is a huge RED FLAG. That does not compute. When R vs D mail in ballets were about equal in MI & WI, yet in the dead off night they add 140,000 mail in votes to Biden & every last one was a Biden Vote??? Really all those military mail ins and not a Trump vote? RED FLAG. Keep in mind the reputable polls also predicted a fair number of Registered Democrats actually voted for Trump. This is fact, as evidenced by almost 100% increase in the Black and Hispanic Trump vote. They did not change there party affiliation, no they just voted for Trump.
Again, as you said it was predicted that Trump would take an early lead, but the mail in vote would lean heavy D and dwindle the lead. You've got to ask yourself who predicted it?? CNN or MSNBC the Pollsters that were 10+% wrong. Yes that's who predicted it. It was a narrative from the same people that said Benghazi was caused by some Hippy dude in California's YouTube video. They put out the narrative their told to put out. Just before the election the trustworthy Pollsters like Trafalgar were singing a different tune. They had data showing the requested mail in ballets were nearly equal and in some cases over 50% R contrary to main stream media. The main stream media never once mentioned the military mail in ballets that always break heavy R. Think about how the Mil gets treated under a republican administration vs Democrat. It's no wonder their heavy R's.
Do you know how many times someone has won Florida and Ohio and lost the election? Never is the answer! RED FLAG
All the pollsters even the stupid ones have consistently said if a Republican gets 16-18% of the Black vote & 30% Hispanic it's game over for the Democrats. Trump did and supposedly lost? RED FLAG
The last thing I'll say is I do spend time in major cities. I'm an essential worker and have been non stop since covid working in DC, Baltimore, Arlington, Fairfax, & New Jersey. The thing that struck me most the past several months was the unusual lack of enthusiasm for Joe Biden. Driving in New Jersey for example I'd see Democrat campaign signs in the yards for the local races, but none for Biden Harris. Very different from 2016. Biden had no ground game. By far the largest increase in new voter registration was for Republicans. In typically tight states (Florida/Ohio) Trump increased the win margins by a lot. Coincidentally Florida & Ohio have some of the most secure voting practices. Yet I'm to believe the trend reversed in 3 or 4 key battleground states? The same states where Biden in the last debate said he wanted to end fossel fuel production. States with a long history & reputation for voting fraud! No it just doesn't compute.