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SV_BubbleTimetoday at 8:45 AM1 replyview on HN

> Obama was able to get people motivated. Neither Biden nor Harris had anywhere near that

How do you explain Biden getting so many more votes than Obama even while Trump improved with black and Hispanics over past Republican candidates?


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ceejayoztoday at 3:17 PM

> How do you explain Biden getting so many more votes than Obama

US population in 2008: 304 million

US population in 2020: 332 million

https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/usa/uni...

Barring enormous turnout differences, pretty much every US election gets more raw votes than the last.

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