United States Presidential Election of 2020
Biden won 306 to 232 with a record 81 million votes and 66 percent turnout amid a pandemic.
Overview
Held under Covid with mass mail voting, the highest turnout since 1900, 66.6 percent, produced Joe Biden's 306 to 232 win and 81.3 million votes, a record. Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin flipped back, Georgia and Arizona went Democratic federally for the first time since the 1990s. Trump's refusal to concede produced sixty-plus failed lawsuits, the January 6 assault on the Capitol, and the second impeachment. The contest stands as both a stress test and a validation of election administration.
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