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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Hugo Lowell in Palm Beach, Florida

Advisers urge Donald Trump to declare victory prematurely on election night

a composite image of a man with his hands outstretched with red stickers over his mouth reading 'false'

Donald Trump has been told by some advisers that he should prematurely declare victory on election night if he’s sufficiently ahead of Kamala Harris in key battleground states like Pennsylvania, according to people close to him, though whether he will heed that advice remains unclear.

The consensus view is that Trump has nothing to lose by claiming he has won if he has a several-hundred-thousand-vote advantage in Pennsylvania or if his internal pollsters think a victory is plausible even if the results are not fully confirmed on Tuesday night.

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