- Aug 4, 2009
- 281,505
- 143,615
- 2,615
Trump
74 million votes
Won 2,497 counties
18/19 Bellwether
Won FL, OH, IA
Biden
81 million votes
Won 477 counties
1/19 Bellwether
Lost FL, OH, IA
Counties don’t vote, people do
Trump winning counties with 10,000 people in them does not compensate for Biden winning counties with millions of people.
Bellwether counties change over time. Didn’t help Trump
Trump won FL, OH and IA in 2016. Losing PA, MI, WS, AZ and GA cost him the election