Why it might take Pennsylvania and Wisconsin longer to count ballots than other states

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : When Republicans controlled both chambers in 2021 they expanded voter ID requirements, and the Democratic governor vetoed it.
53% : In 2020, Trump declared victory before the votes were all countedLast time, then-President Donald Trump, who is again the Republican nominee in 2024, didn't wait for the mail-in votes to be counted: he declared victory while he was ahead because his supporters had been more likely to vote in person.
51% : Republicans wanted to tie it to expanded voter ID requirements, Democrats refused.
42% : "It could well be Trump will be up at 10 o'clock on Tuesday night but not all the mail in ballots have been brought in."
25% : Polls have consistently shown a very tight race between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in every swing state, including Wisconsin, where Trump leads Harris 48% to 47% according to a late October USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll, and Pennsylvania, where Trump leads by less than 1 percentage point in the FiveThirtyEight polling average.
21% : Trump has told his rallies to expect a big victory on Tuesday, saying Oct. 30 he could only envision losing "if it was a corrupt election.
13% : When the final vote count showed Biden winning Pennsylvania by about 80,000 votes, Trump claimed without evidence the election was being stolen from him in the state.
13% : Trump also claimed fraud when Biden won Wisconsin by 20,700 votes.

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