Election Day is behind us and absentee ballots are still being counted in several states that could determine the final outcome of the presidency. 

On this week's show, Ben Thompson is joined by Michael Dickerson, director of the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections, who explains the absentee ballot counting process and what poll workers have to do in order to accurately count every vote. We also discuss how provisional ballots cast by those who requested an absentee ballot could impact the total count. 

Then we're joined by Davidson College political science professor Susan Roberts, who pulls out her crystal ball to predict where Democrats and Republicans go from here, what lessons can be learned from the 2020 election and how Democrats can pick up voters in Republican strongholds. Winthrop University political science professor Scott Huffmon then breaks down what we can learn from 2020 polling and if claims about inaccurate polls have a leg to stand on. 

Finally, Ben shares new information from the Department of Health and Human Services that shows us why COVID-19 won't "magically disappear" despite claims from President Donald Trump that we were turning a corner.