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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBiden Expands Popular Vote Lead to 5,437,014 AND 50.9% to 47.3% (+3.6%)
BIDEN:
78,229,961 votes
50.9%
TRUMP:
72,792,947 votes
47.3%
numbers are trending strongly toward Biden as remaining ballots are mostly Democratic. Probably headed to 4.5% or so win
https://cookpolitical.com/2020-national-popular-vote-tracker
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Biden Expands Popular Vote Lead to 5,437,014 AND 50.9% to 47.3% (+3.6%) (Original Post)
Stallion
Nov 2020
OP
I don't believe Trump had 10,000,000 more votes than in 2016. The fix was in and he thought it would
Doodley
Nov 2020
#2
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)1. Trump has run for office twice
And he has polled more than 8 million fewer votes than his opponents.
Yavin4
(35,420 posts)4. But still won 50% of the contests.
That is crazy.
Doodley
(9,033 posts)2. I don't believe Trump had 10,000,000 more votes than in 2016. The fix was in and he thought it would
be enough.
Yavin4
(35,420 posts)3. So, Trump's approval rating seem closer to the final popular vote count than the polls
He's still getting a positive bump from the MOE, but statistically, approval ratings seem more accurate.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/
Stallion
(6,473 posts)5. Biden's Lead Has Increased about 90,000 in the 3 Hours Since Original Post
now 5,526,212
Might just push this to a 7 Million vote win