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		dtech on Nov 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for d... Note that due to the electoral college, it's not as close as you make it seem. On the national level the current votes is 51% for Biden vs 43% for Trump, that's quite a large difference.

Udik on Nov 7, 2020 [–]

On the NYT website it says 74.5 million votes for Biden vs 70.3 million for Trump. It makes about 51% vs 48% (without counting the other candidates).

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