Rumor vs Reality
- Reality Team
- October 26, 2020
Since 2000, it’s been clear that no election can be taken for granted. Very few states are reliably blue or red anymore, and motivated voters can make all the difference in local and national election results.
In 2000, for example, 537 votes in Florida won the election for Bush. In 2016, a total of 78,000 votes across Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin — less than 1% of votes in each of those states — made Trump president.
References
Whitehouse.gov: Elections and Voting
NPR: Why Every Vote Matters — The Elections Decided By A Single Vote (Or A Little More)
Globalcitizen.org: Why Voting Matters: 7 Facts that Should Get You and Your Friends to the Polls
Democracy & Me: Does My Vote Count? The Importance of Voting in Off-Year Elections
Washington Post: Donald Trump Will be President Thanks to 80,000 People in Three States
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