Vote shares

[jon-nyc]

Share of vote 21st c. presidential candidates

1. Obama 2008 52.9
2. Biden 2020 51.3
3. Obama 2012 51.1
4. Bush 2004 50.7
5. Gore 2000 48.4
6. Kerry 2004 48.3
7. Clinton 2016 48.2
8. Bush 2000 47.9
9. Romney 2012 47.2
10. Trump 2020 46.9
11. Trump 2016 46.1
12. McCain 2008 45.7

[Mik]

Uppity.

[Copper]

I think there might be confusion about how the president of the United States is elected.

It is not by that kind of vote. Not at all.

This should have been presented in civics class.

[Jolly]

I don't think they teach civics in school anymore.

[Klaus]

@jon-nyc said in Vote shares:

Trump 2020 46.9
Trump 2016 46.1

Hm, that's interesting. So he profited less from the electoral college system in 2020 than in 2016. It suggests that he either gained votes where he was already strong in 2016 (but got no additional EC seats), or that he gained votes in places where he was weak in 2016 but even with the additional votes not strong enough to gain a seat. I guess it's more of the former.