Since 1789 (Since George Washington was elected ) any incumbent who received over 75 percent of the votes in his party’s primaries (Trump won 94 percent) won the general election . But not in 2020.
Since 1898, any candidate winning Ohio and Florida plus North Carolina has taken the presidency – but, again, not in 2020.
There’s more. Not in 150 years has a candidate whose vote total jumped as much as Trump’s did from one election to the next ended up losing the election.
For almost sixty years, the winner of the electoral votes from Ohio and Florida has also won the nationwide election – but in 2020, no.
For forty years, nineteen bellwether counties around the country have correctly predicted the ultimate winner of the presidential sweepstakes – and who won eighteen of them in 2020? Trump.
Then there’s the blatantly obvious difference in voter enthusiasm between Trump – with his epic campaign rallies – and Biden, whose events sometimes seemed to draw more journalists than voters.
Then there’s what is apparently a suspicious variation in turnout rates between otherwise very similar cities: for example, 84 percent in Milwaukee, but only 51 percent in Cincinnati .
