Republicans’ Fears Over Senate Margin Drive Effort to Discredit Recount

Protesters supporting incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), center, and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis, right, argue during a demonstration outside the office of the Broward County supervisor of elections in Lauderhill, Fla., on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. Dusting off their playbook from 2000, Republicans claim the recount is rife with fraud. But what’s driving them is their narrow majority in the Senate and their need to deliver a win to the base. (Scott McIntyre/The New York Times)