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 Months prior to the election, Josh Mendelsohn, the CEO of Hawkfish, a Democratic data and analytics firm, warned that President Trump would try to take advantage of the Red Mirage. See Margaret Talev, "Exclusive: Dem Group Warns of Apparent Trump Election Day Landslide," Axios, (Sept. 1, 2020), available at https://www.axios.com/2020/09/01/ bloomberg-group-trump-election-night-scenarios. For other accounts warning that election night would see a Red Mirage, see Marshall Cohen, "Deciphering the 'Red Mirage,' the 'Blue Shift,' and the Uncertainty Surrounding Election Results This November," CNN, (Sept. 1, 2020), available at https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/politics/2020-election-count-redmirage-blue-shift/index.html; Darragh Roche, "Trump Is Heading for a 'Red Mirage' Win on Election Night, Bloomberg-Funded Data Firm Says," Newsweek, (Sept. 1, 2020), available at https://www.newsweek.com/trump-phantom-win-election-1528948; Tom McCarthy, "'Red