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[JamesBarney]

This election wasn't extremely close. It was a clear Biden win, it just took a week to count all the mail in ballots and figure that out.

There've been 6 elections over the last ~20 years.

Popular vote count

1. Obama-08 7.27%

2. Obama-12 3.86%

3. Biden-20 3.4%

4. Bush-04 2.46%

5. Bush-00 −0.51%

6. Trump-16 −2.09%

By Elector College

1. Obama-12 365

2. Obama-16 332

3. Biden-20 306

4. Trump-16 302

5. Bush-04 286

6. Bush-00 271

[leetcrew → JamesBarney]

comparing margins for EC and popular vote does not really capture how close a US presidential election was. you can easily have a blowout in the EC that was determined by a <1% lead in a few key states. popular vote is an interesting stat, but not very meaningful under the current rules.