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David Axelrod: “I think the handwriting is on the wall, Anderson. We have to see -- I mean, strange things can happen. But right now, it…”

On the recordNovember 13, 2022
I think the handwriting is on the wall, Anderson. We have to see -- I mean, strange things can happen. But right now, it would be a very strange thing for a candidate who has been getting less than 50 percent of the vote to suddenly in the last tranche of ballots get 60 percent of those.
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David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

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Axelrod discusses the unlikelihood of Kari Lake winning the election given her current vote percentage.

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