It seems underappreciated how close we came to a 269-269 electoral tie.
Biden's margin in Georgia was 0.23% (11,779 votes) His margin in Arizona was 0.31% (10,457 votes) and his margin in Wisconsin was 0.63% (20,682 votes.) A national swing of less than a percent would've resulted in a Trump win. That wouldn't have taken much (IE- a better first debate performance when he was probably sick with Covid.)
That would have resulted in a 269-269 tie, which would have sent the election to the House of Representatives, where each house delegation would get one vote, a scenario under which Republicans would have the edge.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/18/how-2020-election-was-closer-than-2016/How come this isn't discussed more?
Is it that it took a few days to determine the exact electoral count? Is it that people are unfamiliar with how it works when the election goes to the House (Bill Maher suggested on Friday that Republicans need to win the House in order for the House of Representatives to decide the election, which suggests his fact-checkers hadn't made that point)?
