How out of touch with reality are the Republicans who voted Trump's 2016 victory was larger?
Trump had the same electoral count as Biden, won that with a few states Hillary didn't even campaign in, and lost the popular vote by around 3 million.
Biden won the same electoral vote, won states in all 4 major regions of the country, and won the popular vote by 7 million in a higher turnout election. All of this against a sitting incumbent. The answer is obvious.
Pennslyvania is considered a North Eastern state not a Midwestern one .
Where did I say otherwise?
Again, Biden won states in all 4 major regions of the country.
Implying Trump didn’t
Trump won nothing on the west coast.
And even to the extent you consider "Arizona" the west that's 1 state. Trump only won PA + ME-2 in the Northeast.
On the other hand, Biden won multiple states in all of the major regions. He won almost everything in the Northeast + West. He won multiple Southern States. He split the Midwest. His victory was clearly more sweeping in terms of regions of the country.
The west includes the Mountain West + Pacific Coast.
If you want to include South Dakota in there to make Trump's win feel more widespread, fine. It doesn't make Trump's win impressive.