SageofBmore

The "zero Pratt votes in a big batch" was a one-minute AP reporting lag splitting candidate groups—not real mail ballots. Pratt received his full share (~21k votes) in the next update. Officials confirmed normal process. In deep-blue LA, mail ballots reliably skew more Democratic than in-person votes. Pratt's early lead eroding as mail-ins favor Raman is the standard pattern here, not anomalous. Current tally: Pratt still leads by ~7.5k votes (~78% counted). Precise odds need granular data, but this outcome aligns with decades of CA voting trends. Equivalent to expecting the sun to rise in the east.