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Skimming through this thread, it certainly verges on flame - but I'd just like to remind you all that officially, Biden hasn't won yet. Several (not all) media outlets have called the race, and it sure looks like he will; but the elections haven't yet been certified. With the coming legal challenges, it looks a lot like 2000. Patience.

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It really does not. Florida was the deciding factor and was an extremely small margin we don’t see here.

Because the results are very close and several lawsuits are ongoing over the election outcome in several battlefield states, it’s more and more clear that this election will be settled through the judicial system.

The results were very close in Florida as in less than a thousand votes. All of the states here the difference is nowhere near that. Recounts typically change vote counts by less than these amounts. I do not think the judicial system will decide this. In fact, I believe their impact will be near zero.

> The results were very close in Florida as in less than a thousand votes.

This is incorrect. And it’s crazy you would be this wrong without anyone already correcting you.

FL is 300-400,000 apart

I’m referring to the 2000 election. I’m comparing and contrasting those results with the 2020 election, of which we see no similarity.

I believe this was clear with context, as we are discussing the possibility of this election being decided in court.

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