how many were by democrats. the number four republican outnumbered the democrats. we know that overall in the early vote in washakie, there were more democrats than republicans who are voting, so it s a reversal from that turned. in arizona, and a maricopa, we don t know. what we know is that in 2020, that big, big final batch was republican, and in 2018, it was democratic. there s real suspense around it. yes, legit. we have much more to come tonight, we ll go back to steve as soon as we get those news votes in. we ll go live to arizona, we got a lot to get to. this election is still going with all the more important questions still unanswered. stay with us. stay with us
promise left unfulfilled? it is an unfulfilled promise , but could change any minute. that is why i am eyeing this right here, because what we are expecting any second is from maricopa county, the largest county in the state so far, 60% of all votes in arizona come out of maricopa county. this is what happens, around this time every night, in the days following the election, they report big chunks of vote. so what is left to come here in maricopa county, what we re expecting in the next few minutes s votes that were basically returned, ballots that were returned friday, saturday and sunday, right? so basically over the weekend , ballots returned over the weekend plus some ballots that were returned on monday of this week. they were all brought in, they have not been added into the count yet. this total pool, the weekend ballots plus the monday bouts ballots is 136,000 votes. now the hope of democrats and
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defied history. this afternoon, a noticeably buoyant president biden held a press conference. he called this a day a good day for democracy. joining us now at the great big board is steve kornacki. steve, am i right that we just got some new data in from maricopa county, or step a promise left unfulfilled? it is in unfulfilled promise, but could change any minute. that is why i am eyeing this right here, because what we are expecting any second is from maricopa county, the largest county in the state so far, 60% of all votes in arizona come out of maricopa county. this is what happens, around this time every night, in the days following the election, they report big chunks of vote. so what is left to come here in maricopa county, what we re expecting in the next few minutes s votes that were basically returned, ballots that were returned friday, saturday and sunday, right? so basically over the weekend, ballots returned over the