The elect are not a closed group from which some are necessarily excluded; election involves foreknowledge and preserves both God's and humanity's free choice

Mike says no — anyone who trusts in Christ is also part of the elect. Election is not strict determinism. He connects election to foreknowledge without reducing it to a simplistic "foreknowledge = election" formula. His model is that God knows who will choose Him, chooses them, and also chose to create a world with these particular people — preserving both God's free sovereign choice and human free choice simultaneously. He says this is important to him as a theological commitment.