“There will be bugs and it could be hard to debug” without the designated team working to fix it, chief political analyst Nate Cohn says New York Times (Getty) Update: At about 8:30 p.m. ET, The New York Times’ Needle went live. On its web page , it said the election was “a tossup,” but it nonetheless estimated Trump to win 279 electoral votes, compared to 259 votes for Harris. Original story: The New York Times is already feeling the effect of its tech employees going on strike on Tuesday,