slatten49 wrote:
Marty, you're reasonably close.
Actually, more than 81 million real voters cast their ballots for Joe Biden.
Nov 3, 2020 · 99 % of Expected Vote. Biden 51.3%. 81,283,361. Trump 46.8%. 74,222,960. Other 1.8%. 2,924,869.
While Joe Biden won the popular vote by more than four points and the electoral college 306 to 232, the result was much closer to flipping than that would suggest. Biden won the three decisive states — Arizona, Georgia and Wisconsin — by 0.6 percentage points or less, which was similar to Trump’s 2016 victory. If you flip fewer than 43,000 votes across those three states, the electoral college is tied 269 to 269. In that case, Trump would probably have won, given that the race would be decided by one vote for each House delegation, of which Republicans control more.