He then juxtaposes numbers in Pennsylvania: that “Donald Trump exceeded Barack Obama’s 2008 vote total in Pennsylvania by 101,311 votes” but still — scare quotes! — “lost” the “counted vote” because of the “astonishing” 3.5 million votes Biden received in the state. Elections Project shows the shifts since 2000, with Pennsylvania turnout trending ahead of national turnout. In Pennsylvania, turnout for the highest office on the ballot was 64.2 percent in 2008 but 63.6 percent in 2016. Relative to 2000 instead of 2008, Pennsylvania saw bigger increases in Republican vote totals even though the increase in Democratic votes was larger nationally.

Source: Washington Post June 11, 2024 03:34 UTC