How many folks are we talking about?

Well, it's quite a lot.

We often sort of joke among ourselves, tell amongst ourselves that we think Call it the single largest act of journalism that there is is elections at the Associated Press.

The reason for that is we have a core team, our elections team.

It's quite large.

It involves our everyone from our core decision team.

So those the race callers who analyze the vote count and make the race calls.

a big race, one that we may remember when that happened?

And to that end, as people follow results today and into the days ahead, what practical tips could you offer to kind of help them understand what they're looking at

So a lot of states, the first ballots that you'll see come in, those first vote totals that you'll get after polls close, often are the advanced vote.

It's people who have decided to vote early, whether by mail, whether early in person, depends on the different states.

Oftentimes, those votes can lean more Democratic voters.

But in some places, some of the more urban areas, the cities, they'll get their votes in faster.

Other states, it's the opposite.

And so that can impact it.

When will people be able to see some of the first results potentially reported Tuesday night? What are some of the states where polls close early and things might seem relatively clear?

How many folks are we talking about?

Well, it's quite a lot.

We often sort of joke among ourselves, tell amongst ourselves that we've Call it the single largest act of journalism that there is, is elections at the Associated Press.

The reason for that is we have a core team, our elections team.

It's quite large.

It involves our everyone from our core decision team.

So those the race callers who analyze the vote count and make the race calls.

a big race, one that we may remember when that happened?