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Inside NBC News' Decision Desk: When will we know who won the presidential race?

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In 2020 , election week replaced election night : Joe Biden wasn’t declared the winner until Saturday .

The days of projecting a winner on election night itself are almost certainly over.

Projecting a presidential winner as early as Wednesday would require that the key battleground states, particularly Pennsylvania , are not essentially tied.

Any path to winning the White House will likely go through the blue wall’ states of Pennsylvania , Michigan and Wisconsin .

The last two battleground states, Arizona and Nevada , almost certainly won’t be called quickly.

Arizona has as much as 20% of its vote still to count after election night .

In 2020 , NBC News did not project a winner in Arizona until Nov. 12 , nine days after Election Day .

Nevada has a large amount of early voting, both absentee and in person, that is not counted on election night ..

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