Wasn't it supposed to be the opposite as this thing went down to the wire?

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On Election Day in the U.S., with the presidential race going down to the wire and predicted to be among the closest in history, concerns are being raised by both parties about the possibility of a drawn-out battle over the reliability and accuracy of polling systems and vote counts.

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The match, which had to be concluded a day later than scheduled due to heavy rain at the Welsh course, went down to the wire.

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Any electron passing along such a wire should be able to travel ballistically (that is, without being slowed down by bumping into any atoms in the wire, just as a bullet travels down the barrel of a gun).

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