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Swing states: how Democratic vote stayed flat while Republican gains won it for Trump
(www.theguardian.com)
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In a way Trump's vote stayed flat too. He didn't get that many votes more than last time. Meaning he does have a hard ceiling. Problem was that Harris received less votes in certain segments than Biden, mostly men.
I don't think so. The total number of votes didn't change much, but it isn't like the exact same people from 2020 came out for him again. He made massive gains in black and Hispanic voters, for example, so his base isn't necessarily capped yet.
In 2020, Biden received 81,284,666 votes, Trump 74,224,319.
Last Tuesday Harris received 69,119,332 votes, Trump 73,461,159.
There are still millions of uncounted votes in CA. Trump has gone from 72.6 million yesterday morning to 73.4 million today. Y'all really need to stop quoting these numbers as if they're anything but preliminary.
edit: Knee-jerk downvoting of a factual correction. Class act right here. Screen shot for those who have poor vision and/or analytical reasoning skills...
There are 93,000 uncounted votes in Calfornia today. Hardly a spit in the ocean to this point.
It's way more than 93,000.
Running from the Google results page that quotes the AP:
58% reporting
Kamala Harris 57.6% 6,108,150 votes
Donald Trump 39.8% 4,216,520 votes
Robert Kennedy 1.1% 116,628 votes
Jill Stein 0.8% 87,842 votes
Chase Oliver 0.4% 39,805 votes
Claudia De la Cruz 0.4% 37,673 votes
So, adding that all up, this 58% is 10,606,618 votes.
So 58/10,606,618 vs 100/x Solve for x.
10,606,618 x 100 / 58 = Around 18,287,272 votes total.
Meaning about 7,680,654 votes still to count.
Which is still meaningless to the point. But, thanks for your input.
5.4 million.
https://electionresults.sos.ca.gov/unprocessed-ballots-status
That's exactly the same link I just provided for you. Are you trolling?
Didn't read it as a link from you. Using tablet.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and please try to math better if you're going to respond again. This is getting frustrating.
When get around to it. Meanwhile, you can tell me how these missing votes change Trump's ceiling or Harris underperformance. You are only changing conditions, nothing more,
This is what I said:
Don't put words in my mouth.
In other words, meaningless to the point. Thanks for your input.
Sorry you can't process a single number on a spreadsheet. Must be hard.
Sorry if you cannot define a salient fact.
Goddamn
Oh he does, he does.