Of the 6 states that gained an electoral vote [0]:
- Biden's 6-point loss in Texas [1] was the slimmest margin since 1996 (and 92 and 96 featured Ross Perot, a strong third-party conservative); the margins for 2012 and 2016 were 16% and 9%, respectively.
- North Carolina went for Trump by just 1.5%, and has had similar slim margins since Obama's 0.3% victory in 2008 [2]
- Colorado and Oregon both went blue by ~15% margins
- Montana has been reliably red.
- Florida has become more and more reliably red, but not as much as Ohio (which lost a vote) has.
More guaranteed-blue states (CA, NY, IL) lost votes than guaranteed-red (WV), but this isn't a seismic, immutable shift by any means.
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Also 6 electoral college votes.
Wait is that true? Is a democratic president ever going to be elected again?
Of the 6 states that gained an electoral vote [0]:
- Biden's 6-point loss in Texas [1] was the slimmest margin since 1996 (and 92 and 96 featured Ross Perot, a strong third-party conservative); the margins for 2012 and 2016 were 16% and 9%, respectively.
- North Carolina went for Trump by just 1.5%, and has had similar slim margins since Obama's 0.3% victory in 2008 [2]
- Colorado and Oregon both went blue by ~15% margins
- Montana has been reliably red.
- Florida has become more and more reliably red, but not as much as Ohio (which lost a vote) has.
More guaranteed-blue states (CA, NY, IL) lost votes than guaranteed-red (WV), but this isn't a seismic, immutable shift by any means.
[0] https://www.wbur.org/npr/983082132/census-to-release-1st-res...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidentia...