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The US presidential election explained in 10 numbers

This article is 4 years old

Democrat Joe Biden captured the US presidency on Saturday, emerging the victor over Republican President Donald Trump in a tight election that was not decided until days after the polls closed last Tuesday.

Here are 10 numbers that help explain a historic US election that was conducted in the middle of both a worldwide pandemic and global economic recession. The data is derived from voting figures available through Saturday afternoon...

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