• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    He did not lose in 2020 by a landslide. That’s just not true.

    Biden won the election with 306 electoral votes and 51.3% of the national popular vote, compared to Trump’s 232 electoral votes and 46.9% of the popular vote.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_elections

    So suggesting he has no chance of winning when he came that close four years ago and he’s likely not lost a huge number of fans is a little premature.

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      5 months ago

      Numbers are even worse when you consider swing states. AZ, GA, and PA swung Biden’s away by a net 40,000 votes. Razor thin margins, for any Dem candidate.

      People fixate on the popular vote, but California going Blue by an extra million votes doesn’t change anything

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        5 months ago

        Convicted Felon and Sex Offender Treason Trump did however lose the popular vote in a landslide and the electoral vote in a landslide.

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          The EC swings hard because it’s winner take all. A few thousand votes can account for dozens of ECs in deference.