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      19 days ago

      OK, so if you are comparing those numbers, the answer is 81.2m for Biden in 2020 - 74.7m for Harris in 2024, which is 6.5 million votes fewer, not 12 million.

      You were citing only her votes counted in the first 24 hours or so compared to Biden’s total after all votes counted.

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          19 days ago

          If you looked at the argument they’re having, it’s about how much of a difference leftists made in the election by refusing to vote for her, so the number is relevant for the points they were making. OTOH my point was that, it doesn’t matter how many votes each candidate got in 2020 compared to 2024. What mattered was how many votes each one got in 2024, where the difference was 2.4 million (1.6%).