The 2020 Electiom

[Keith Broaders]

In the 2020 U.S. presidential election, there were 268 million eligible voters, but only a little over 158, million actually voted. In ither words there were 110 million e;igible boters that did not vote in the 2020 election.

There were 158,429,631 ballots cast for president in 2020, according to election results posted by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in October 2022 (page 11) (here). It says Biden received 81,283,501 votes while opponent Donald Trump received 74,223,975 votes.

VERDICT

The Electoral votes and not the popular votes etermines the winner of the Presidential election.

Former President Donald Trump won 2,497 counties in 2020, far more than President Joe Biden’s 477 counties.

But, because all of the state's electoral votes are awarded to the winner of the state wide popu;arity comtest Bifen won the election.

[Keith Broaders]

 Altogether, there are 31 states (plus the District of Columbia) with party registration; in the others, such as Virginia, voters register without reference to party. In 19 states and the District, there are more registered Democrats than Republicans. In 12 states, there are more registered Republicans than Democrats. In aggregate, 40% of all voters in party registration states are Democrats, 29% are Republicans, and 28% are independents. Nationally, the Democratic advantage in the party registration states approaches 12 million.