Trump wants the presidential winner to be declared on election night. Why that's unlikely

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Trump set the pattern in 2020, when he declared that he had won during the early morning hours after Election Day.
56% : "Trump wants the race decided Tuesday nightDuring a Sunday rally in Pennsylvania, Trump demanded that the race be decided soon after some polls begin closing.
53% : Trump exploited that dynamic in 2020 when he had his supporters demand an abrupt end to vote counts -- the ballots that remained untallied were largely mail ones that were for Joe Biden.
47% : "They have to be decided by 9 o'clock, 10 o'clock, 11 o'clock on Tuesday night," Trump said.
39% : Trump has led conservatives to bemoan that the U.S. doesn't count elections as swiftly as France or Argentina, where results for recent races have been announced within hours of polls closing.
27% : If Harris won just a tiny fraction more of those votes than Trump, it would erase the small leads Republicans have.
22% : Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign has been explicitly targeting Republicans disillusioned by Trump.

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