California primary’s lesson for pundits: Don’t speak too soon in the age of mail-in voting

In the hours after polls closed in the closely watched California midterms on June 7, reviews from pundits were quick to come in.

Turnout: abysmal. Progressive reforms: rejected. Ex-Republican Rick Caruso: the surprise star of the night in liberal Los Angeles.

But with the proliferation of mail-in voting, messages from California voters now arrive with a lag — one that hasn’t proven friendly to the quick takes of social media and cable news.

Read more at the Los Angeles Times.