In a throwback to 2020, ABC News reports that a "red mirage" could make it look like Republicans are winning big on the night, but that a full vote count could take "weeks."

The legacy news outlet has published an article titled 'Early election night results might not indicate final tallies (and why that's OK)'.

The piece explains how Republicans may "appear to be leading their Democratic opponents, even by large margins" in federal and statewide races, but that their leads "will dwindle, or crumble completely" after "dumps" of mail-in and absentee ballots are counted after election day, which could take "weeks".